萬善同歸集 2.5

2.5

問：「五熱炙身，投巖赴火；九十六種，千聖同訶。幸有正科，何投邪轍？」

Question: "Scorching the body with the five fires, jumping from cliffs and throwing oneself into flames—these are of the ninety-six kinds [of non-Buddhist ways], which a thousand noble ones condemn together. When happily there is a correct course, why throw oneself into a heterodox rut?"