大乘起信論略述 2.126

2.126

[Treatise:] "Such faith... [in concordance with the correct cause...]" [Commentary:] Above answered the previous question; this reveals the capacity to enter the stages. Because faith is perfected over ten thousand eons, one is able to generate the three minds; reaching the first abode, it is called entering the destiny of absolute certainty. Great nirvāṇa leaves saṃsāra behind, and one is called a bodhisattva of the correct lineage. Choosing one destination with absolute certainty is called "certainty" (*niyata*); collecting many into one class is called "destiny" (*rāśi*). Awakening that is to be attained is called the pure Tathāgata. The habit-nature to be cultivated is called abiding within the lineage. "In concordance with the correct cause" explains the meaning of what is to be cultivated: the internally perfumed Buddha-nature is called the correct cause. Practice accords with conditions, hence it is called concordance. Because one is in concordance with the correct cause of attaining Buddhahood, one is therefore able to abide in the lineage of the Tathāgata.