大乘起信論略述 1.145

1.145

Treatise: Relying on ordinary beings, grasping becomes increasingly deep.
Commentary: Next below is the specific explanation. In this there are five parts: 1. discerning the coarse aspect in terms of persons; 2. bringing out its coarse essence; 3. clarifying the focal object of attachment; 4. establishing its name; 5. clarifying what the consciousness relies upon. This is the first. It distinguishes it from the mental consciousness arisen in the two vehicles, because the previous knowledge consciousness and continuing consciousness generally arise in the two vehicles prior to the bhūmi stages; now, it shows its coarseness in terms of ordinary beings. Because those ordinary beings have no counteractive remedies, their pursuit and clinging to deluded realms becomes extremely coarse and prominent; therefore it says that grasping becomes increasingly deep.