摩訶止觀 2.14

2.14

勸修者，稱實功德，獎於行者。法界法，是佛真法，是菩薩印。聞此法不驚不畏，乃從百千萬億佛所久植德本。譬如長者失摩尼珠，後還得之，心甚歡喜。四眾不聞此法，心則苦惱；若聞信解，歡喜亦然。當知此人即是見佛，已曾從文殊聞是法。身子曰：「諦了此義，是名菩薩摩訶薩。」彌勒云：「是人近佛座，佛覺此法故。」故文殊云：「聞此法不驚，即是見佛。」佛言：「即住不退地，具六波羅蜜，具一切佛法矣。」若人欲得一切佛法、相好威儀、說法音聲、十力無畏者，當行此一行三昧，勤行不懈，則能得入。如治摩尼珠，隨磨隨光，證不可思議功德。菩薩能知，速得菩提；比丘、比丘尼聞不驚，即隨佛出家；信士、信女聞不驚，即真歸依。此之稱譽，出彼兩經（云云）。

Regarding the exhortation to cultivate: praise the true merits to encourage the practitioner. The teaching of the dharmadhātu is the Buddha's true Dharma and the bodhisattva's seal. Hearing this Dharma without alarm or fear is due to having long planted roots of virtue in the presence of hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of Buddhas. It is like an elder who lost a maṇi jewel and later recovered it, his heart filled with great joy. When the four assemblies do not hear this Dharma, their minds are distressed; if they hear, believe, and understand it, their joy is likewise so. One should know that this person is seeing the Buddha and has already heard this Dharma from Mañjuśrī. Śāriputra said: 'Clearly understanding this meaning is called a bodhisattva mahāsattva.' Maitreya said: 'This person is near the Buddha's seat, because the Buddha was enlightened to this Dharma.' Therefore Mañjuśrī said: 'Hearing this Dharma without alarm is itself seeing the Buddha.' The Buddha said: 'He immediately abides on the non-retrogressing stage, fully possesses the six pāramitās, and fully possesses all Buddha-dharmas.' If one wishes to attain all Buddha-dharmas, the marks, characteristics, and majestic deportment, the voice of preaching the Dharma, and the ten powers and fearlessnesses, one should practice this one-practice samādhi; practicing diligently without remiss, one will be able to enter it. It is like polishing a maṇi jewel: as it is polished it shines, realizing inconceivable merit. If bodhisattvas can know this, they quickly attain bodhi; if monks and nuns hear it without alarm, they have truly left home following the Buddha; if laymen and laywomen hear it without alarm, they have truly taken refuge. Such praises derive from those two sūtras (and so forth).