四分律行事鈔資持記 3.871

3.871

勸導中，初科，前明量機。病強弱者，觀其健困也；心利鈍者，智明昧也；業麁細者，麁如營福，細如禪講等；情取捨者，所樂異也，如下西方兜率等是。此四觀察，義無不盡；隨宜方便，臨事自裁。或下，次明說法，初令緣佛。或教稱名，或令觀相；或歎功德，令生忻樂。或身下，次示心觀。即性空相空唯識三觀。至焰處者，喻相空也；謂如渴鹿，逐於陽焰；遙見似水，至彼元無。各下，後示隨緣。不必如上故。

Under 'Exhortation and Guidance': In the first section, it first clarifies assessing one's capacity. 'The strength or weakness of the illness' means observing whether one is robust or bedridden. 'The sharpness or dullness of the mind' means whether the intellect is bright or dim. 'The coarseness or fineness of karma' means that coarse karma is like managing merits, while fine karma is like meditation, lecturing, and so forth. 'The inclinations of acceptance and rejection' means the differences in what one delights in, such as the Western [Pure Land] or Tuṣita below. In these four observations, the meaning is exhaustive; one should employ expedient means according to suitability and decide for oneself when facing the situation. 'Or...' below next clarifies expounding the Dharma: first, causing them to focus on the Buddha. Either teach them to recite the name, or cause them to contemplate the physical marks; or praise the virtues, causing them to generate joy. 'Or the body...' below next reveals contemplation of the mind: namely, the three contemplations of nature-emptiness, characteristic-emptiness, and consciousness-only. 'Arriving at the place of the mirage' illustrates characteristic-emptiness; it means being like a thirsty deer pursuing a mirage: seen from afar it resembles water, but arriving there, fundamentally there is none. 'Each...' below finally reveals following conditions, because it need not be strictly as above.