摩訶止觀 1.155

1.155

答：如《論》焦、炷，非初不離初，非後不離後。若智信具足，聞一念即是。信故不謗，智故不懼，初後皆是。若無信，高推聖境，非己智分；若無智，起增上慢，謂己均佛，初後俱非。為此事故，須知六即，謂理即、名字即、觀行即、相似即、分真即、究竟即。此六即者，始凡終聖。始凡故，除疑怯；終聖故，除慢大（云云）。

Answer: As in the Treatise’s scorched wick [analogy], it is not the beginning yet not apart from the beginning; it is not the end yet not apart from the end. If one is complete in wisdom and faith, upon hearing that a single thought-moment is identical, it is correct. Because of faith one does not slander, and because of wisdom one is not afraid; both beginning and end are correct. If one lacks faith, one exalts the noble realm too highly, taking it as not within one's own share of wisdom; if one lacks wisdom, one gives rise to overweening pride, claiming oneself to be equal to the Buddha; then both beginning and end are wrong. For this reason, one must know the six identities, namely: identity in principle, identity in verbal expression, identity in contemplative practice, identity in resemblance, identity in partial reality, and identity in the ultimate. These six identities begin in the ordinary and end in the noble. Beginning in the ordinary, they eliminate doubt and timidity; ending in the noble, they eliminate arrogance and self-aggrandizement (and so forth).