摩訶止觀 4.39

4.39

Furthermore, "recitation" means memorising and reciting by heart. Now contemplating the mind is also like this: the names of the three contemplations express the principle of the three truths, which is precisely their text. Knowing that names are non-names, one investigates the principle of truth with the mind; the contemplative method is continuous, constantly presenting itself naturally without generating false thoughts, which is called "recitation." Such recitation recites throughout the dharmadhātu, not stopping at eighty recitations.