摩訶止觀 8.200

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門若未開，必由事障。久遠劫來為魔所使，起於魔檀，為有報故；持於魔戒，要利養故；行於魔忍，為畏他故；習魔精進，求名聞故；得於魔禪，昧於鬼法；樂於魔慧，分別見網。如是六法雖名為善，其實是魔。由此邪蔽，蔽三脫門。今用正度對治六蔽；蔽去度成，如油多明盛。若雜煩惱，當用前四分觀助治；雜業，借念二佛助治。

If the gates are not opened, it is certainly due to phenomenal obstructions. Since long-distant kalpas one has been driven by māras: giving rise to māra-dāna for the sake of retribution; observing māra-śīla out of desire for gain and offerings; practicing māra-kṣānti out of fear of others; cultivating māra-vīrya seeking fame; attaining māra-dhyāna, being deluded by ghost phenomena; and delighting in māra-prajñā, discriminating the net of views. Although these six dharmas are called good, in truth they are māra. Due to these wrong obscurations, the three gates of liberation are obscured. Now one uses the correct perfections to remedy the six obscurations; when the obscurations are removed and the perfections accomplished, it is like lamp oil being plentiful and the illumination bright. If mixed with afflictions, one should use the fourfold analytical contemplation mentioned before to aid in the remedy; if mixed with karma, one borrows mindfulness of the two Buddhas to aid in the remedy.