摩訶止觀 4.172

4.172

今更廣釋，令義易解。云何一切法趣欲事，是趣不過？欲事為法界故，一切法之根本。如初起欲覺，已具諸法；心麁不知，漸漸滑利，不能制御，便習其事。初試歇熱，習之則慣，餐啜叵忘，即便退戒還家，求覓欲境。覓不知足，或偷或劫，或偪或貿，如是等種種求欲而生罪過。若得此境，大須供養，或偷奪求財，或殺生取適。若其富貴，縱心造罪；若其貧窮，惡念亦廣。欲罪既成，適有、此有，則有生死，應遍受果。隨在何道，欲轉倍盛，受胎之微形，世世常增長；十二因緣輪轉無際。當知一切法無不趣欲；欲法界外，更無別法。當知一切五蓋如上說者，於初一念悉皆具足。欲為因緣生法，其義可見也。

Now I shall explain this more broadly, so that the meaning may be easily understood. How is it that all dharmas converge into the matter of desire, and this convergence cannot be exceeded? Because the matter of desire is the dharmadhātu, the root of all dharmas. Just as when a thought of desire first arises, all dharmas are already complete within it; the coarse mind does not recognize it, and gradually it becomes smooth and fluent, uncontrollable, so that one engages in its affairs. At first one tries it to cool the heat; practicing it, one becomes accustomed; once tasting it, it is impossible to forget, and one then relinquishes the precepts and returns home, seeking the objects of desire. Seeking without satisfaction, one steals, robs, coerces, or trades, and through such diverse pursuits of desire, transgressions arise. If one obtains these objects, one requires great offerings, either stealing to seek wealth, or killing living beings to obtain gratification. If one is rich and noble, one indulges the mind to create transgressions; if one is poor and lowly, one's evil thoughts are also widespread. Once the transgressions of desire are formed, if there is this existence, then there is birth and death, and one must universally undergo the fruits. In whichever realm one may be, desire becomes doubly rampant; the minute form conceived in the womb grows continuously from lifetime to lifetime; the twelve links of dependent origination turn like a wheel without limit. One should know that there are no dharmas that do not converge into desire; outside the dharmadhātu of desire, there is no separate dharma. One should know that all five hindrances, as explained above, are fully complete in the first single thought-moment. That desire is a dharma arisen through causes and conditions—its meaning can be seen here.