大乘起信論

Mahāyānaśraddhotpāda-śāstra

III. Explanation / Interpretation

無明

a-vidyā
"carelessness"
"Verwahrlosung"

三細

1. ignorant action
2. that which perceives
3. external world [perceived]

[ D.T. Suzuki ]

三二一
者者者
境能無
界見明
相相業
  相

[ Yoshito Hakeda ]

1. activity of ignorance
2. perceiving subject
3. world of objects

六麤

1. intelligence [sensation]
2. succession [memory]
3. clinging [fixation]
4. attachment to names
5. performance of deeds
6. suffering due to fetter of deeds

[ D.T. Suzuki ]

六五四三二一
者者者者者者
業起計執相智
繋業名取續相
苦相字相相 
相 相   

[ Yoshito Hakeda ]

1. [discriminating] intellect
2. continuity [of subject]
3. attachment [to objects]
4. speculation [on concepts]
5. giving rise to karma
6. anxiety attached to karma