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瑜伽論記 14.29

瑜伽論記 14.29

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14.29

言惡尸羅者,尸羅名清涼,行惡之人惡清涼故我為惡尸羅,非其惡體即是尸羅。舊難云:防非以解戒有戒不防非等者,此不善其名若如今釋即無過失,如不律儀名同。又難云:惡體非尸羅行惡之者惡尸羅故名惡尸羅,亦應見體非惡行惡之者惡其見故名為惡見。解云:見名為分別善惡分別俱名見,尸羅名清涼惡體非清涼故不例同見。

Regarding the expression “bad moral discipline” (duḥśīla): śīla means cool and refreshing. Because one who performs evil detests what is cool and refreshing, it is called “bad moral discipline”; it is not that the evil essence itself is śīla. An earlier objection stated: “If one explains the precepts as guarding against wrongs, there are precepts that do not guard against wrongs, etc.” This [objection] does not understand the designation; if one explains it as we do now, there is no fault, just as with the name “non-restraint” (asaṃvara). Another objection stated: “The evil essence is not śīla, but because one who performs evil detests śīla, it is called bad śīla; by the same token, the essence of view would not be bad, but because one who performs evil detests that view, it would be called bad view.” The explanation is: “view” means discernment, and both good and bad discernments are called views; śīla means cool and refreshing, and the evil essence is not cool and refreshing, so it cannot be made parallel to “view.”

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