諸經要集 12.8

12.8

First: The suffering of being bound by desires. When discussing the five desires, once their faculties exist, the five desires immediately arise, binding sentient beings so that they cannot attain liberation. Therefore, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra states: "Ordinary beings are bound by the five desires, allowing Māra Pāpīyas to carry them off at will, just as a hunter captures monkeys and carries them home on his back. Good son, it is like a king who remains securely within his own territory, enjoying peace and bliss of body and mind; but if he goes to another's territory, he incurs manifold sufferings. All sentient beings are also just like this: if they can abide within their own domain, they attain peace and bliss; if they go to another's domain, they encounter the evil Māra and undergo manifold sufferings. 'One's own domain' refers to the four bases of mindfulness; 'another's domain' refers to the five desires." The five desires are form, sound, smell, taste, and touch on the bodies of men and women. These five desires have yearning as their meaning; clinging greedily to the five sense objects is called desire. Together with the objects touched and conditioned by the mental consciousness, they are called mind-objects. These six sense objects are not only called the domain where Māra roams; they also earn the name of vicious thieves. Therefore, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra states: "Just as six great thieves are able to plunder the wealth and treasures of all the people, so too are the vicious thieves of the six sense objects: they are able to plunder the good wealth of all sentient beings. Just as the six great thieves, entering a person's house, can plunder all that the family currently possesses without distinguishing good from bad, suddenly reducing the exceedingly wealthy to poverty, so too are the thieves of the six sense objects: entering a person's faculties, they can plunder all good dharmas. When the good dharmas are exhausted, the person is impoverished, destitute, and exposed, becoming an icchantika. Therefore, the bodhisattva clearly observes the six sense objects as six great thieves."