治禪病祕要法 1.77

1.77

"Furthermore, Śāriputra! If bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, śikṣamāṇās, śrāmaṇeras, śrāmaṇerīs, upāsakas, or upāsikās receive the Buddha's prohibitive precepts, yet their bodies and minds are wild and deranged like monkeys—before the method of planting has grown, snapping branches and destroying roots; the sevenfold assembly is also like this: before the precept-form of the Buddha's prohibitive precepts has arisen, they commit duṣkṛtas up to pārājikas, like an intoxicated elephant heedless of good or bad, not recognizing directions, trampling and destroying all good and fine things; the fourfold assembly is also like this, trampling and breaking the blue lotus pond of pure precepts. Their precept-breaking is fierce and intense like a rabid dog, chasing and biting upon seeing a person, a tree, or even a bird or beast.