大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏 1.630

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前云作何方便漸次修習，令諸眾生永離諸幻？故佛示用心竟，結答不作方便，亦無漸次，如是乃能永離諸幻，會通問中之文也。但能知之是幻，已名為離。但得離幻，即元是覺，更無階級漸變為覺。如人夢見身瘡，問醫求藥，寤來既知是夢，更欲作何方便？若待方便，修之漸離，即是實法，何名幻化？若執實有，還是妄計，何名修行？故云爾。

Earlier it was asked: what expedient means and gradual steps should be cultivated to enable sentient beings to depart from all illusions forever? Therefore, having finished showing the mental application, the Buddha concludes by answering that one does not employ expedient means and there are no gradual steps; in this way one can depart from all illusions forever, which resolves the text in the question. Merely being able to know that it is illusion is already called departure. Merely attaining departure from illusion is originally enlightenment itself; there are no stages of gradually changing into enlightenment. It is like someone dreaming of sores on their body who asks a doctor seeking medicine; once awake, knowing it was a dream, what further expedient means would they want to employ? If one waits for expedient means and gradual departure through cultivation, that would be a real dharma; how could it be called an illusion? If one clings to it as truly existent, it is still a false calculation; how could it be called cultivation? Hence it is said thus.