摩訶止觀 5.87

5.87

譬如毘首羯磨造得勝堂，不疎不密，間隙容綖，巍巍昂昂，峙於上天，非拙匠所能揆則。又如善畫，圖其匡郭，寫像偪真，骨法精靈，生氣飛動，豈填彩人所能點綴？此十重觀法，橫竪收束，微妙精巧。初則簡境真偽，中則正助相添，後則安忍無著。意圓法巧，該括周備，規矩初心，將送行者到彼薩雲；非闇證禪師、誦文法師所能知也。蓋由如來積劫之所勤求，道場之所妙悟，身子之所三請，法譬之所三說，正在茲乎。

It is like Viśvakarman constructing the Hall of Victory: neither too sparse nor too dense, the gaps admitting only a thread, towering and lofty, standing high against the heavens, something that an clumsy craftsman could never measure or plan. It is also like a fine painting: sketching its contours, rendering the likeness vividly true, its skeletal structure full of spirit, its vitality animated and soaring—how could a mere color-filler dab and arrange it? These ten levels of contemplative methods horizontally and vertically integrate and encompass, being subtle and exquisitely skillful. At the beginning, one discriminates the true from the false of the realm; in the middle, primary and auxiliary practices assist each other; at the end, one peacefully endures without attachment. The intention is complete and the method skillful, comprehensive and fully prepared; setting the standard for the beginner's mind, it conveys the practitioner to that sarvajñā. This is not something that dhyāna masters of dark realization or Dharma masters who recite texts could know. For it is truly what the Tathāgata diligently sought across accumulated kalpas, what he wondrously realized at the bodhimaṇḍa, what Śāriputra thrice requested, and what was thrice expounded through dharmas and parables: it lies right here.