摩訶止觀 4.5

4.5

Now, prior to the five ranks, within the stage of provisional designation, we further discuss the distant and the near: the twenty-five dharmas are distant expedients; the ten kinds of objects are near expedients. Comprehensively encompassing both horizontal and vertical, fully possessing the ten contemplations, perfecting the stage of contemplation practice, able to give rise to the true and semblance—these are called near expedients. Now explaining the distant expedients, they are briefly five: first, fulfilling the five conditions; second, rebuking the five desires; third, abandoning the five hindrances; fourth, regulating the five matters; fifth, practicing the five dharmas.