佛遺教經論疏節要 1.281

1.281

眾即四人已上。己眾謂自己弟子及同學也，他眾可知。捨之則是離我我所，不復集生故。空閑獨處者，方便慧成就，如法而住也。思滅苦本者，善擇智成就，遠離起因也。《法華》云「諸苦所因，貪欲為本。」

A “crowd” means four or more people. “One’s own crowd” refers to one’s own disciples and fellow students; “other crowds” can be understood accordingly. Abandoning them is being free from self and what belongs to self, so that they no longer accumulate and arise. “Dwelling alone in a quiet and secluded place” means that with skillful wisdom accomplished, one dwells according to the Dharma. “Contemplating the extinction of the root of suffering” means that with wisdom of excellent discernment accomplished, one is secluded from the causes of arising. The Lotus [Sūtra] says: “The cause of all sufferings has greedy desire as its root.”