法苑珠林 72.66

72.66

若論戒取迷苦及道。謂有愚人直爾聞說。精勤苦行能斷生死。不知此說。曉夜勵心。勤觀苦空。方斷生死。即謂事中苦身是道。不知身苦非是聖道。是故戒取迷苦諦生。或有不將身苦為道。直執戒等福行為道。此將集因轉將為道。如此戒取名迷道諦。理實凡愚不識集因。妄執為道。應是迷集。但彼迷心不計福行以為集因。方轉為道。是故不得名為迷集。不同計苦以為道者。將苦為道。故名迷苦。是故戒取。有迷苦者。有迷道者。不迷於集。滅是聖果。眾生所求。不取惑滅。為道因行。是故戒取不名迷滅。

If we discuss the attachment to rules and vows (śīlavrataparāmarśa), it is confused about suffering and the path. That is to say, there are foolish people who, upon hearing simply that diligent ascetic practice can sever birth and death, do not understand that this statement means that only by encouraging one's mind day and night and diligently contemplating suffering and emptiness can one sever birth and death. They immediately assert that in concrete matters, the suffering of the body is the path, not knowing that the suffering of the body is not the noble path. Therefore, attachment to rules and vows arises from confusion regarding the truth of suffering. Or there are some who do not take the suffering of the body as the path, but directly grasp at meritorious actions such as precepts as the path; this is to take the cause of origination and turn it into the path. Such attachment to rules and vows is called confusion regarding the truth of the path. In reality, ordinary fools do not recognize the cause of origination and falsely grasp it as the path, which should be confusion about origination; however, their confused mind does not calculate meritorious action as the cause of origination before turning it into the path. Therefore, it cannot be called confusion about origination. This is unlike those who calculate suffering as the path, directly taking suffering as the path, which is therefore called confusion about suffering. Therefore, among attachments to rules and vows, there are those confused about suffering and those confused about the path, but not confused about origination. Cessation is the noble fruit sought by sentient beings; they do not take the cessation of delusions as the causal practice of the path. Therefore, attachment to rules and vows is not called confusion regarding cessation.