大乘起信論略述 1.64

1.64

Treatise: "What are the two? […] inborn virtues." Commentary: This opens the headings and briefly discerns them. Saying "as it truly is" means that the true essence is not non-existent. Saying "empty" means that the true essence is devoid of delusion. "Ultimately revealing the real" means that because delusion is empty and non-existent, the true is supremely revealed. Because the absence of deluded attributes can universally reveal the real, it is said that "as it truly is" is called empty. Saying "not empty" means that it possesses essence and attributes. These inborn virtues being called "untainted" means that they are free from severance and cessation as well as the taint of thought. That is, as it truly is, it possesses its own essence and inborn virtues; hence, it is called not empty.