摩訶止觀 3.219

3.219

Establishing the provisional briefly has three purports: first, applying the provisional for the sake of the real; second, opening the provisional to reveal the real; third, abandoning the provisional to reveal the real. This is like the three analogies of the lotus in the Lotus Sūtra. The Buddhas appear in the world for the one great matter, originally applying the three provisional [modes of] calming and contemplation for the sake of the perfect-sudden, one real calming and contemplation. The provisional was not the original intention, nor does the intention lie outside the provisional; it is merely opening the three provisional [modes of] calming and contemplation to reveal the perfect-sudden, one real calming and contemplation. In applying the provisional for the sake of the real, the real is now established; in opening the provisional to reveal the real, the provisional is identical to the real, and there is no provisional that can be discussed; therefore, in abandoning the provisional to reveal the real, the provisional is abandoned and the real remains. Temporarily employing [these] to explain the names, their meaning is appropriate.