注維摩詰經 2.117

2.117

什曰：諸佛常法，要先以七事發人心，然後說四諦。何等七？一、施；二、戒；三、生天果報；四、說味，味樂味也；五、果報過患，雖有少樂而眾苦無量，眾生迷於少樂而不覺眾苦，猶以芥子置於山頂，唯見芥子而不覩大山也；六、教厭離世間；七、歎涅槃功德。今不說七法直說無常者，將以此會積德已淳、慧識修明故也。復次無常是空之初相，將欲說空故先設無常。所以但說身不說餘法，餘法中少生著故也。

[Kumāra]jīva says: The constant method of all buddhas is that they must first arouse people's minds with seven matters, and only afterwards preach the four truths. What are the seven? First, giving; second, morality; third, the karmic retribution of birth in heaven; fourth, explaining gratification—that is, the taste of pleasure; fifth, the perils of karmic retribution—though there is a little pleasure, the myriad sufferings are immeasurable, yet sentient beings are deluded by the little pleasure and remain unaware of the myriad sufferings, just like placing a mustard seed on the peak of a mountain, where one sees only the mustard seed and does not notice the great mountain; sixth, teaching revulsion and detachment toward the worldly realm; and seventh, praising the meritorious qualities of nirvāṇa. The reason he does not speak of the seven matters now and directly proclaims impermanence is because the accumulated virtues of this assembly are already ripe, and their wise consciousness is cultivated and clear. Furthermore, impermanence is the initial characteristic of emptiness; intending to expound emptiness, he first sets forth impermanence. The reason he speaks only of the body and not of other dharmas is because within other dharmas attachment rarely arises.