四教義 8.12

8.12

四見地者，即是三乘同見第一義無生四諦之理，同斷見惑八十八使盡。問曰：上明體法入空，後破屬愛屬見，今何故見惑前盡、屬愛在後方斷？答曰：見新愛舊，體假入空雖復俱破，見則易盡，愛則難除。譬如斷藕，若手折斷，藕斷絲連，若用刀斷，藕絲俱絕。次第證果之人見惑雖盡，思惑猶在。超越證之人，則見思俱斷也。

Fourth, regarding the stage of seeing: this is when the three vehicles equally see the principle of the paramārtha-satya of the four noble truths of non-arising, and equally exhaust the severance of the eighty-eight entanglements of delusions of view. Question: Above it was explained that one enters emptiness through embodying dharmas, and afterward refutes what belongs to craving and views; why are delusions of view exhausted first, while what belongs to craving is severed only afterward? Answer: Views are new while craving is old. Although entering emptiness through embodying the provisional refutes both simultaneously, views are easy to exhaust while craving is difficult to eliminate. It is like breaking a lotus root: if broken by hand, the lotus root snaps but the fibers remain connected; if cut with a knife, both root and fibers are severed. For persons who realize the fruits sequentially, although delusions of view are exhausted, delusions of thought still remain. For persons who realize by leaping over, both view and thought are severed together.