大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 3.69

3.69

論。依諸凡夫取著轉深　釋曰。次下別釋。於中有五。一約人辨麁。二其麁體。三明執所緣。四製立其名。五明識所依。此初也。簡非二乘所起意識。以前智識及相續識通在二乘地前所起故。今約凡顯其麁也。以彼凡夫無對治故。追著妄境轉極麁顯故。言取著轉深也。

[Treatise:] Relying on ordinary persons, grasping becomes increasingly deep. [Commentary:] Next below is the separate explanation. There are five points: 1. Discerning coarseness in terms of persons; 2. Its coarse substance; 3. Clarifying the intentional object of grasping; 4. Establishing its name; 5. Clarifying the basis of the consciousness. This is the first. It excludes the mental consciousness arisen in the two vehicles. Because the former cognitive consciousness and continuing consciousness generally extend to what arises before the bhūmis in the two vehicles, here its coarseness is shown in terms of ordinary persons. Because those ordinary persons lack antidotes, their pursuit and clinging to false objects becomes extremely coarse and manifest; hence it is said that "grasping becomes increasingly deep."