法界圖記叢髓錄 1.87

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道身云：一乘緣者，隨舉一法總攝餘法無餘為此一法之緣耳，四緣等諸緣之實皆消於一乘。問：若以此門，亦得云：作十惡生天、修十善墮獄、答：至得此意，得云此義；末得此意，非粗所傳。儼師恒噵了。問：淺深方須？答義云云。問：一乘殺彼生時，能殺亦死亦有罪耶？答：解行以上自在位中逆順並修，見聞以下劣凡夫者不能見機，漫殺物命於物無益，亦自墮獄。如彼鼠子效師子跳墮火坑等（云云）。問：三世間皆是佛者，草木取用則害佛身得罪耶？答：以佛言雖皆是佛，以眾生云都非是佛，斷有何罪（云云）？眾生與草木是須處所須雖同我內，眾生者殺而有罪之所須也，草木者斷取無罪之所須矣。

Daoshen says: Conditions in the One Vehicle means that whenever a single phenomenon is brought up, it completely subsumes the remaining phenomena without residue as the conditions of this single phenomenon; the reality of various conditions such as the four conditions are all dissolved into the One Vehicle. Question: If following this approach, can one also say: committing the ten evils results in birth in heaven, and cultivating the ten virtues results in falling into hell? Answer: When one has attained this realization, one may speak of this meaning; before attaining this realization, it is not something to be transmitted to the crude. Master Yan constantly spoke of it. Question: Are superficial and deep expediently required? The answer explains this in detail. Question: When in the One Vehicle one kills that living being, does the one who can kill also die and incur sin? Answer: In the stage of mastery from understanding and practice onwards, one cultivates both the adverse and the favorable; inferior worldlings at the stage of seeing and hearing and below cannot see the capacities of beings, and to kill living beings carelessly brings no benefit to things and causes them to fall into hell themselves. Like that mouse imitating a lion's leap and falling into a pit of fire, and so forth. Question: If the three realms are all the Buddha, when plants and trees are taken and used, does this harm the Buddha's body and incur sin? Answer: Although in terms of the Buddha all are the Buddha, in terms of sentient beings none are the Buddha; what sin is incurred in cutting them down? Sentient beings and plants and trees are what is required according to the situation; although what is required is equally within myself, sentient beings are what is required where killing incurs sin, and plants and trees are what is required where cutting and taking incurs no sin.