法苑珠林 72.56

72.56

又新婆沙論問。此之見取於一剎那頃如何推度。答性猛利故。亦能推度堅執故者。謂能堅執。故名為見。此見於境僻執堅牢。非聖慧刀無由令捨。非佛弟子執聖慧刀截彼見牙方令捨故。如有海獸名室首魔羅彼所齧物非刀不能解。謂彼若齧諸草木等。要截其牙。方令捨故。如有頌曰。

Furthermore, the new Vibhāṣā asks: 'How does this attachment to views deliberate in a single kṣaṇa?' It answers: 'Because its nature is keen and sharp, it can also deliberate. As for grasping firmly, it means being able to grasp firmly, and is therefore called a view.' This view clings perversely and firmly to its object; without the knife of noble wisdom there is no way to cause it to be abandoned. Is it not that a disciple of the Buddha holds the knife of noble wisdom to sever the fangs of those views so as to cause them to be abandoned? For example, there is a sea beast named a śiśumāra; what it bites into cannot be loosened without a knife. That is to say, if it bites grasses, trees, and the like, one must sever its fangs before causing it to let go. As a verse says: