大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 3.45

3.45

[Treatise:] Furthermore, awakening and [non-awakening … down to …] have two kinds of characteristics.
[Commentary:] Above, the meanings of awakening and non-awakening have been explained. Next, their identity and difference are clarified. In this there are three: first, general indication; next, specific names; finally, distinguishing the characteristics. This is the first. Previously they were explained separately; now that they are to be clarified together, following the preceding text, it indicates them again; hence it says: 'Furthermore, awakening and non-awakening.' Clarifying them separately before was to let one know that delusion and enlightenment, ascension and descent, differ, thereby giving rise to aspiration and aversion; explaining them together now is to let one know that karmic illusions are not determinately identical or different, and thereby there are severance and realization. Therefore it says: 'Awakening and non-awakening have two kinds of characteristics.'