摩訶止觀 1.168

1.168

然上來簡非，先約苦諦，升沈世間簡耳；次約四諦，智曲拙淺近簡耳；次約四弘行願；次約六即位，展轉深細，方乃顯是。故知明月神珠，在九重淵內驪龍頷下，有志、有德，方乃致之。豈如世人，麁淺浮虛，競執瓦、石、草、木，妄謂為寶。末學膚受，太無所知！

Now, the preceding eliminations of error were: first, eliminating in terms of the truth of suffering according to rising and sinking in the mundane world; next, eliminating in terms of the four truths according to crooked, clumsy, shallow, and narrow wisdom; next, in terms of the four universal vows and practices; next, in terms of the stages of the six identities, becoming progressively deeper and more subtle, only then revealing what is correct. Thus we know that the brilliant moon-pearl lies within the nine-fold abyss beneath the black dragon's chin; only one with resolve and virtue can obtain it. How could it be like worldly people who, in their coarse, shallow, and frivolous superficiality, vie to grasp tiles, stones, grass, and wood, falsely calling them treasures? Latter-day students who receive things superficially are utterly ignorant!