摩訶止觀 5.154

5.154

其人若言：「我觀察時不得開悟。」當為說止：止即體真，照而常寂；止即隨緣，寂而常照；止即不止止，雙遮雙照。止即佛母，止即佛父，亦即父即母。止即佛師、佛身、佛眼、佛之相好、佛藏、佛住處，何所不具？何所不除？善巧方便，種種緣喻，廣讚於止。是為「第一義以止安心」。

If that person says, “When I contemplate, I do not attain awakening,” one should explain to him calming: “Calming is directly embodying the true: illuminating yet constantly quiescent; calming is directly according with conditions: quiescent yet constantly illuminating; calming is directly non-calming calming: double-negating and double-illuminating. Calming is the mother of the Buddhas, calming is the father of the Buddhas, and it is both father and mother. Calming is the teacher of the Buddhas, the body of the Buddhas, the eye of the Buddhas, the major and minor marks of the Buddhas, the treasury of the Buddhas, and the dwelling place of the Buddhas. What is it not complete with? What does it not eliminate?” With skillful means and various causes and parables, one extensively praises calming. This is “calming the mind by pacifying it in accordance with the supreme truth.”