分別功德論 3.5

3.5

念戒者，謂行淨戒具諸律儀。猶若陶家調繕埴泥，俟諸求器，大小方圓各適所欲。戒亦如是，若願生天，三界受福；若欲斷結求道，所願應意。猶吉祥瓶，隨人所欲，取即得之。以戒為本，兼行三十七品及諸三昧定，斷七使九結，進成涅槃。喻埴成器，不可復壞也。

Mindfulness of morality (śīla) refers to practising pure morality and being endowed with all the rules of deportment. It is just like a potter conditioning and preparing clay, awaiting various requests for vessels: large, small, square, or round, each suiting what is desired. Morality is also like this: if one vows to be born in heaven, one receives blessings in the three realms; if one wishes to sever the fetters and seek the path, one's wish is granted as desired. It is like an auspicious vase: according to what a person desires, upon taking it they obtain it. Taking morality as the basis, one concurrently practises the thirty-seven factors of awakening and the various samādhis, severs the seven underlying tendencies (anuśaya) and nine fetters (saṃyojana), and advances to accomplish nirvāṇa. This is likened to clay made into a vessel, which can no longer be destroyed.