[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [起信論疏筆削記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848) › 18.17 # 起信論疏筆削記 18.17 起信論疏筆削記 18.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.18.17) 釋曰下，二、引釋文。此亦論文，今疏隨引，便為解釋。初，標也。而世間下，徵。譬如下，釋。先喻。如是下，法合。奢摩他，此云止也。軟滑者，非麁惡過失故，則戒如器，水如定，戒能資定，故以譬之。過失者，如前破器，以有破戒垢故，定水不停，佛月不現也。《華嚴經》中亦同此說。 > "The explanation says..." and below: second, citing the explanatory text. This is also the treatise text; the commentary now follows by citing it and then explaining it. First is the statement. "Yet in the world..." and below questions it. "For example..." and below explains it. First is the simile. "In this way..." and below is the application to the Dharma. Śamatha is translated here as "calming." "Pliant and smooth" means free from coarse and foul faults. Thus, the precepts are like the vessel and water is like concentration; the precepts can assist concentration, and are therefore used as a simile. "Faults" are like the previously broken vessel: because of the defilement of broken precepts, the water of concentration does not remain still, and the Buddha-moon does not manifest. The Avataṃsaka-sūtra also shares this explanation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.18.16) - [Next: 18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.18.18) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.18.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.18.17) · Pramāṇa