*Buddhapashcimavavadopadesha 1.21

1.21

論曰：云何勸修戒利益？於中有五種勸：一者勸不失自體，如經「當持淨戒」故；二者勸不捨方便，如經「勿令毀缺」故；三者勸遠離諸過身口意業，常集功德故，如經「若人能持淨戒是則能有善法」故；四者勸知多過惡於身口意中，一切時不能生功德故，如經「若無淨戒諸善功德皆不得生」故；五者顯示持戒菩薩於所修行三種戒中有如是得失者，我當住安隱處，不住不安隱處故，如經「是以當知戒為第一安隱功德住處」故。此言正示現勸修利益勝義故。已說修集對治邪業功德，次說對治修集止苦功德。是中苦有三種：一者根欲放逸苦；二者多食苦；三者懈怠睡眠苦。是三種苦，三昧樂門對治應知。云何根欲放逸苦對治？

The Treatise says: How does one encourage the benefit of cultivating the precepts? Within this there are five kinds of exhortation: First, exhorting not to lose their self-nature, as the sūtra says: "You should uphold the pure precepts." Second, exhorting not to abandon skillful means, as the sūtra says: "Not allow them to be violated or broken." Third, exhorting to keep far away from all faults of physical, verbal, and mental karma, and constantly accumulate merit, as the sūtra says: "If a person can uphold the pure precepts, then they can possess good dharmas." Fourth, exhorting to know that having many faults and evils in body, speech, and mind makes one unable at all times to generate merit, as the sūtra says: "If there are no pure precepts, all wholesome merits cannot arise." Fifth, showing that for the practicing bodhisattva who has such gains and losses regarding the three kinds of precepts to be cultivated, 'I shall abide in a secure place, and not abide in an insecure place,' as the sūtra says: "Therefore, you should know that precepts are the foremost dwelling place of secure merit." These words directly demonstrate the supreme meaning of encouraging the benefit of cultivation. Having explained the cultivation and accumulation of the merits of the antidotes to evil karma, next is explained the cultivation and accumulation of the merits of stopping suffering as an antidote. In this, suffering is of three kinds: first, the suffering of the heedlessness of the sense desires; second, the suffering of overeating; third, the suffering of laxity and sleep. One should know that these three kinds of suffering are counteracted by the gate of samādhi bliss. What is the antidote to the suffering of the heedlessness of the sense desires?