摩訶止觀 3.81

3.81

此依摩訶衍明三止三觀之相；以義隨相，條然各別。若論三觀，則有權實、淺深；若論三智，則有優劣、前後；若論三人，則有諸位大小。此則次第分張，非今所用也。

This explains the characteristics of the three calmings and three contemplations according to the Mahāyāna; as the meanings follow the characteristics, each is distinctly differentiated. If one discusses the three contemplations, there are the provisional and the real, the shallow and the deep; if one discusses the three wisdoms, there are the superior and the inferior, the earlier and the later; if one discusses the three kinds of persons, there are various stages, greater and lesser. This is a graduated differentiation, not what is applied here.