注維摩詰經 6.38

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什曰：須彌：地之精也。此地大也，下說水火風地其四大也。惑者謂四大有神，亦云最大亦云有常，今制以道力，明不神也。內之纖芥，明不大也。巨細相容物無定體，明不常也。此皆反其所封、拔其幽滯，以去其常習，令歸宗有塗焉。

[Kumāra]jīva says: Mount Sumeru is the essence of earth. This is the earth element; below, water, fire, wind, and earth, the four great elements, are explained. Deluded people say that the four great elements possess spirits, and also say that they are the greatest, or that they are permanent. Now they are subdued by the power of the Way, demonstrating that they are not spirits. Inserting it into a tiny mustard seed demonstrates that it is not large. The vast and minute containing each other and things having no fixed substantial nature demonstrates that it is not permanent. All this reverses their attachments and uproots their deep stagnation, so as to remove their habitual assumptions and give them a path to return to the source.