妙法蓮華經玄義 8.66

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一、就凡簡者，《釋論》云：世典亦稱實者，乃是護國治家稱實也。外道亦稱實者，邪智僻解，謂為實也。小乘稱實者，厭苦蘇息，以偏真為實也。如是等，但有實名，而無其義。何者？世間妖幻道術亦稱為實，多是鬼神魅法，此法入心，迷醉狂亂，自衒善好，謂勝真實，立異動眾，示奇特相。或髑髏盛屎，約多人前張口大咽，或生魚臭肉，增狀餔食，或裸形弊服，誇傲規矩，或直來直去，不問不答，種種譎詭，詃誘無智，令信染惑著。著已求脫叵得，內則病害其身，外則誅家滅族，禍延親里，現受眾苦，後受地獄長夜之苦，生生障道，無解脫期。此乃世間現見，何實可論，鈍使愛論攝。

First, eliminating with respect to ordinary beings: the *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa* says: 'When worldly texts are also called real, it refers to protecting the state and regulating the family being called real. When non-Buddhists are also called real, it refers to their wrong knowledge and deviant interpretations being deemed real. When the Hīnayāna is called real, it refers to loathing suffering and finding rest, taking biased truth as real.' All such instances have only the name 'real' without its actual meaning. Why? In the world, sorcerous arts and occult techniques are also called real, but these are mostly the bewitching methods of ghosts and spirits. When these methods enter the mind, one becomes infatuated, wildly disordered, self-aggrandizing in goodness, claiming to surpass the true and real, establishing peculiarities to stir the crowds, and displaying bizarre appearances: either filling a skull with excrement and opening the mouth to swallow it in gulps before a crowd; or eating raw fish and foul meat with exaggerated display; or going naked in tattered rags, scorning rules and standards; or coming and going straight on without asking or answering. Using various deceits and seductions on the ignorant, they cause them to believe, become defiled, and cling. Once attached, seeking liberation is impossible: internally it harms their bodies, externally it destroys their families and lineages, extending disaster to relatives and neighbours; in the present life they suffer numerous miseries, and in the future they suffer the misery of the long night in hell, obstructing the Path life after life with no time of liberation. These are seen right now in the world—what reality could be discussed here? They are subsumed under the dull afflictions and the proliferation of craving.