摩訶止觀 8.111

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四、明損益：損益皆有漸頓。若用息太過，五藏頓翻者：即雖未翻，漸就增劇，以至頓翻者。若人巧修，豁然頓益者：即雖與病相持，後當漸愈者。如服湯藥，年月將漸，乃得其益。內治亦然。若心利病輕、心利病重、心鈍病輕、心鈍病重，致有漸頓不同也。

Fourth, explaining harm and benefit: harm and benefit both have the gradual and the sudden. If one uses the breath excessively so that the five viscera are suddenly overturned: that is, even if not yet overturned, it gradually worsens until suddenly overturned. If a person practices skillfully and experiences a sudden, open benefit: that is, even if initially locked in a stalemate with the illness, it will gradually heal later. Just as in taking medicinal decoctions, only with the gradual passage of months and years does one gain their benefit; internal curing is also like this. If the mind is sharp and the illness light, the mind sharp and the illness severe, the mind dull and the illness light, or the mind dull and the illness severe, these bring about gradual and sudden differences.