維摩經略疏 1.64

1.64

Question: The Vinaya explains proper eating times, clothing times, and so forth, much of which is not the ultimate meaning; how can it be called "guaranteed attainment of liberation"?
Answer: The Dàzhìdù lùn states: "The Buddha spoke the Vinaya in order to make the Buddhadharma abide for a long time; one should not seek ultimate truth in it, for seeking ultimate truth in it produces wrong views." If nowadays the community of monks does not hold the precepts and Vinaya in their hearts, it is to be feared that the Buddhadharma will be extinguished. Instructing them to cultivate the path relying on the stations of mindfulness means: if one departs from the stations of mindfulness, giving only obtains wealth, keeping precepts leads to rebirth among humans and devas, sitting in meditation yields dhyāna and rebirth according to that dhyāna, and extensive learning and expounding the Dharma are merely worldly knowledge; only if one cultivates the stations of mindfulness can one smash the four inverted views.