大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.45

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論。如是一切至能知故　釋曰。此結明不等也。二惑皆依無明所起以本無明多差別故如此惑性差別無量。自非佛智餘豈能知。以此煩惱性差別故。故令信等前後差別。新論同此。文約義具。

[Treatise:] "All such afflictions [...] can know it." [Commentary:] This concludes and clarifies the inequality. Both kinds of afflictions are arisen based on avidyā. Because fundamental avidyā has many differences, the natures of such afflictions have immeasurable differences. If not the Buddha's cognition, who else could know them? Because of these differences in the nature of afflictions, it causes differences in earlier and later regarding faith and the like. The new translation agrees with this; its text is concise and its meaning complete.