大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.3

4.3

Treatise: "The defiled mind has six kinds." / Commentary: Next, it reveals the marks of the conditioned arising of the defiled mind. Within this there are two parts: a general outline and a specific explanation. This is the first. This explains the prior phrase, "defiled by avidyā, there is a defiled mind." In stating that defiled by avidyā there is a defiled mind, there are six kinds, namely the consciousness of phenomenal awareness above and the five kinds of intent. Previously, to explain the meaning of causal conditioned arising, the explanation progressed from subtle to coarse. Now, intending also to reveal the meaning of counteracting and severing, it clarifies from coarse to subtle; therefore, although earlier and later differ, their meaning is not different.