四分律行事鈔資持記 3.1011

3.1011

八中。外道三學皆邪。烏雞等者，以見禽畜，今報已盡，遠業將起，生彼色天；不思遠因，謂即報是；便効彼畜，噉草不淨等。八禪，謂修世禪，謂為涅槃。邪慧，即彼所見；邪進，如投嵓臥灰棘等。佛法不爾。四依為聖道緣。八正為聖道因，竝濟心神。觀用籌度，深見倒想，便得出也。

In [the refutation of] the eighth: the three learnings of the non-Buddhists are all heterodox. As for 'crows, chickens, and the like,' seeing that beasts and fowl have exhausted their present retribution and distant karma is about to arise so that they are reborn in those form heavens, they fail to reflect on distant causes and think it is the current retribution [that causes it]. They then emulate those animals, eating grass, impurities, and so forth. The eight dhyānas refer to cultivating mundane dhyāna and deeming it to be nirvāṇa. Heterodox wisdom refers to their views; heterodox vigor refers to throwing oneself from cliffs, lying on ashes or thorns, and so forth. The Buddhadharma is not like that: the four reliances are the supporting conditions for the noble path, and the noble eightfold path is the cause for the noble path, both aiding the mind and spirit. Using contemplation to deliberate and profoundly see inverted thoughts, one is then able to transcend [samsāra].