大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.88

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論。以取一切至眾生故　釋曰。次下明智。於中有二。初顯自他同體體智。後釋曰體智之所由。此初也。以取眾生如己身者。顯得攝他同己想也。而亦不取眾生相者。不見身外有眾生也。由平等智以取眾生如己之身。雖願度生而亦不見別眾生相。

[Treatise:] For they take all [sentient beings as their own self, yet do not grasp at the characteristic of] sentient beings. [Commentary:] Next, it explains wisdom below. In this there are two parts: first, revealing the cognition of the identical substance of self and other; later, explaining the reason for the cognition of identical substance. This is the first. "Taking sentient beings as their own self" reveals obtaining the thought that gathers others as identical to oneself. "Yet do not grasp at the characteristic of sentient beings" means not seeing sentient beings existing outside oneself. Through the cognition of equality, they take sentient beings as their own self; although they vow to liberate sentient beings, they also do not see distinct characteristics of sentient beings.