大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 3.69

3.69

[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."