菩薩以愛欲牽人遂濟度之,欲猶如鉤。維摩經佛道品曰:「或現作婬女,引諸好色者,先以欲鉤牽,後令入佛智。」金光明文句二曰:「斯乃非欲之欲,以欲止欲,如以屑出屑,將聲止聲。」
The hook of desire; the bodhisattva attracts men through desire, and then draws them to the enlightenment of Buddha.
一欲鉤 即菩薩為救度眾生,以欲牽引之;比喻欲為鉤,故稱欲鉤。維摩經卷中佛道品載,菩薩為救度眾生而行善巧方便,示現種種身,或現作淫女,誘引好色者,先以欲鉤牽引,終令入佛智。p5860