摩訶止觀 5.145

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又善男子！夫散心者，惡中之惡。如無鉤醉象，踏壞華池；穴鼻駱駝，翻倒負馱；疾於掣電，毒逾蛇舌；重沓五翳，埃靄曜靈；睫近霄遠，俱皆不見。若能修定，如密室中燈能破巨闇；金錍抉膜，空色朗然，一指、二指、三指皆了。大雨能淹囂塵，大定能靜狂逸。止能破散，虛妄滅矣！善巧方便，種種緣喻，廣讚於止，破其睡散。是名「對治以止安心」也。

“Furthermore, good man! A distracted mind is the evil among evils. It is like an unhooked rutting elephant trampling a flower pond; a camel with a pierced nose overturning its load; faster than a lightning flash, more poisonous than a serpent's tongue. It layers the five cataracts, obscuring the radiant sun; eyelids close and skies afar are both unseen. If you can cultivate concentration, it is like a lamp in a dark room capable of destroying great darkness; when the golden probe removes the film, the empty sky and forms become clear and bright, and one finger, two fingers, three fingers are all discerned. A great rain can settle clamorous dust; great concentration can quiet wild frenzy. Calming can shatter distraction, and false delusion is extinguished!” With skillful means and various causes and parables, one extensively praises calming, shattering his torpor and distraction. This is called “calming the mind by pacifying it in accordance with antidote.”