妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.191

2.191

Eulogy: These two verses praise meditative concentration. What is abandoned has four aspects: first, play, meaning discursive conceptualization; second, laughter, meaning joking talk; third, leaving one's own ignorance; fourth, leaving evil retinue, because of abandoning thoughts of relatives. What is not abandoned has two aspects: first, the reverse of the fourth, drawing near to good conditions; second, single-mindedly removing distraction, the reverse of the former three kinds. Thus the Testament Sūtra says: "You monks should leave clamor, dwell alone in seclusion, and contemplate the extinction of the root of suffering. If one delights in crowds, one receives the distress of crowds," as fully explained in the sūtra.