大乘起信論略述 1.65

1.65

Treatise: "That which is called empty […] the deluded mind's thoughts." Commentary: Next below is the third [part], broadly explaining according to the headings. Here there are two: first, making clear its emptiness; second, revealing the not empty. In the first there are three: first, a brief clarification; next, a broad explanation; finally, a general conclusion. This is the first. The first clause reveals its non-concordance with defilements to explain the meaning of emptiness. Because it does not concord with all defiled phenomena, it is called empty. How does it not concord with defiled phenomena? The next clause explains: that is to say, it is free from the attributes of the grasped differentiated objects. Why is it free from these grasped attributes? The final clause explains: because there are no deluded thoughts of a grasping mind. That is, the objective realms of the deluded mind exist in sentiment but are absent in principle; the essence and attributes of suchness exist in principle but are absent in sentiment. Therefore, it does not concord with defiled phenomena.