釋氏要覽 1.188

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什云。出家凡有三法。一持戒。二禪定。三智慧。持戒能折伏煩惱。令其勢微。禪定能遮煩惱。如右山斷流。智慧能滅煩惱。畢竟無餘○道安法師大戒序云。世尊立教法有三焉。一者戒律。二者禪定。三者智惠。斯三者至道之由戶。泥洹之關要也。戒者斷三惡之干將也。禪者絕分散之利器也。惠者齊藥病之妙醫也。

Kumārajīva says: "Leaving the household generally has three dharmas: 1. Upholding the precepts; 2. Meditative concentration; 3. Wisdom. Upholding the precepts can subdue afflictions and make their strength faint. Meditative concentration can block afflictions, like a flanking mountain damming a stream. Wisdom can eradicate afflictions, completely without remainder." ○ Master Dao'an's Preface to the Great Prātimokṣa says: "The teachings established by the World-Honoured One are three: the first is the moral precepts (vinaya); the second is meditative concentration; the third is wisdom. These three are the doorways to the supreme Path, the crucial passes to nirvāṇa. Precepts are the Ganjiang sword that severs the three evil destinies; concentration is the sharp blade that cuts off distraction; wisdom is the wondrous physician who balances medicine and disease."