釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.100

2.100

第四、棄掉悔者，掉有三種：一、身；二、口；三、心。身掉者，身好遊走諸雜戲謔，坐不暫安。口掉者，好喜吟詠，諍競是非，無益談論及世俗言話等。心掉者，心情放蕩，縱意攀緣，思惟文藝、世間才技、諸惡覺觀等，名為心掉。掉之為法，破出家心，如人攝心猶不得定，何況掉散。掉散之人，如無鉤醉象、穴鼻駱駝，不可禁制，如偈說：

Fourth, discarding restlessness and regret: there are three kinds of restlessness: first, of the body; second, of speech; third, of the mind. Restlessness of the body means the body is fond of wandering about and engaging in various frivolous amusements, unable to stay at peace even for a moment while sitting. Restlessness of speech means fondness for chanting and reciting, disputing right and wrong, useless talk, and worldly conversation. Restlessness of mind means the state of mind is dissolute, letting one's thoughts run wild after sensory objects, pondering literature and arts, worldly skills, and various unwholesome vitarka and vicāra; this is called restlessness of mind. As a phenomenon, restlessness destroys the mind of one who has left home. Just as someone trying to collect the mind still fails to attain concentration, how much less so when one is restless and scattered! A person who is restless and scattered is like an elephant in rut without a hook or a camel with a pierced nose: impossible to control. As a verse says: