大般涅槃經集解 7.104

7.104

案僧亮曰：此第三譬也。使人知耶，後乃顯正。洗浴受摩，取草詣樹，即入禪定，降魔成佛。于時靜身得定，以譬治國。慧能斷結，譬治病也。法瑤曰：上來並是成佛之前事，此以下譬成佛後事也。神通等為伎術，三歸五戒為方藥也。戒以禁非，定以靜亂，為治國也。僧宗曰：說生死過患令背，為醫方也。令修戒定，為伎術也。以五戒十善，生淨土故，即是治國也。以不淨止貪、慈悲止瞋、因緣止癡，即是療病也。佛道既成，耶心殄息，喻如驅出。

Sengliang comments: This is the third parable. He caused people to recognize the deviant, and only then revealed the correct. Bathing, receiving massage, taking grass and going to the tree, he then entered meditative concentration, subdued Māra, and attained Buddhahood. Calming the body and obtaining concentration at that time is compared to governing the country. Wisdom's ability to sever fetters is compared to curing illness. Fayao says: All the preceding concerned events before attaining Buddhahood; from this point on, it is a metaphor for events after attaining Buddhahood. Supernatural powers and the like are the arts and skills; the three refuges and five precepts are the formulas and medicines. Using the precepts to prohibit wrongdoing and concentration to quiet disorder constitutes governing the country. Sengzong says: Explaining the faults and perils of saṃsāra to make them turn away from it serves as the medical formulas. Causing them to cultivate morality and concentration serves as the arts. Using the five precepts and ten good deeds to be born in a pure land is governing the country. Using impurity to stop greed, loving-kindness and compassion to stop anger, and conditioned arising to stop delusion is curing illness. Once the Buddha-way was achieved, deviant thoughts were extinguished, which is compared to driving him out.