大乘起信論略述 1.23

1.23

[Treatise:] "Eighth, in order to show... to encourage practice." / [Exposition:] Because the people of the three grades at the initial stage of the ten faiths are beginners in practice, regression is easy and advance is difficult. For their sake, it clearly explains the benefits of encouraging practice, presenting the harms and benefits to encourage them to practice and abandon [evil], saying "to show the benefits and encourage practice," and so forth.