俱舍論疏 25.170

25.170

論「又契經說至通依二位說」，引第二經證。以說如實言者喻四諦，苦實苦等是如實者言。依本路速行出者，喻令修習八聖道支。既出生死前後同依一路，故知見、修同八聖道。若不爾者，法喻不同。所說喻者，如契經說：有諸商侶乘船入海，至一海邊有羅剎女，現可愛形誘諸商侶，漸入己城各配一女。時經多日，空中天神告商侶曰：「今此城內非是人類，皆是羅剎幻惑故爾，不久之間皆被食噉。」即為宣說如是之言：「於此城中皆悉受苦」，此喻苦諦。「汝勿貪染」，此喻集諦。「急求出城」，此喻滅諦。「急覓出道」，此喻道諦。「宣如實言」者，喻四聖諦，顯見道也。空中天神復告商侶：「可依本路速行出去。今此本路」，喻令修習八聖道支，正顯修道。「過去諸佛悉依此修道本路而出生死。若欲求出生死海者，可依過去諸佛本路速行出之。」求速出者，當勤修習八聖道支。以此故知，亦通修道。

On the Śāstra's statement: "Furthermore, a sūtra says... are spoken of as permeating both stages": This cites the second sūtra as proof. Because speaking words of reality corresponds metaphorically to the four truths: suffering is truly suffering, and so on, are the words of what is real. Relying on the original road to swiftly depart corresponds metaphorically to enjoining the cultivation of the eight noble path factors. Since escaping saṃsāra relies on the same single road earlier and later, one knows that seeing and cultivation share the eight noble paths. If it were not so, the doctrine and the metaphor would not correspond. As for the metaphor spoken of, it is as a sūtra says: There were merchants who boarded a ship and entered the sea; reaching a seashore, there were rākṣasīs who appeared in lovely forms to entice the merchants, gradually bringing them into their city, each assigned to a woman. After many days had passed, a celestial spirit in the sky told the merchants: "Now within this city, these are not human beings; they are all the illusory deceits of rākṣasīs, and before long you will all be devoured." He thereupon proclaimed these words to them: "Within this city you will all experience suffering" — this metaphors the truth of suffering. "Do not be greedily attached" — this metaphors the truth of origination. "Urgently seek to leave the city" — this metaphors the truth of cessation. "Urgently seek the road out" — this metaphors the truth of the path. "Proclaiming words of reality" metaphors the four noble truths, revealing the path of seeing. The celestial spirit in the sky further told the merchants: "You should rely on the original road to swiftly depart. This present original road" metaphors enjoining the cultivation of the eight noble path factors, directly revealing the path of cultivation. "All past Buddhas relied on this original road of the path of cultivation to escape saṃsāra. If you wish to seek escape from the ocean of saṃsāra, you should rely on the original road of past Buddhas to swiftly depart from it." Those who seek to depart swiftly should diligently cultivate the eight noble path factors. By this, one knows that they also permeate the path of cultivation.