法華義疏 1.99

1.99

有六種人不能生信：一者、起愛眾生深著世樂不能信受。二者、起見之流自是非他又不生信。三者、求二乘之人，執魚目為真珠、投夜光而按釰，故外國大小乘人分河飲水，故說一乘不生信受。四者、謂法華教猶是無常，聞說常住不生信受。五者、謂於此經覆相明常，聞顯了說常不生信受。六者、謂此經顯了明常執成常見，聞說寂滅之道非常非無常又不生信，故〈見塔品〉云「手把虛空不足為難，信受書持乃稱不易」，斯言驗矣！今若離上過失心無所依，乃能信受也。

There are six kinds of people who cannot give rise to faith: 1. Sentient beings who give rise to craving, deeply attached to worldly pleasures, cannot receive it with faith. 2. Those who give rise to views, approving of themselves and rejecting others, also do not give rise to faith. 3. People who seek the two vehicles, mistaking fish eyes for real pearls, or grasping their swords when presented with a luminescent jewel—hence in India followers of the Great and Lesser Vehicles divide the river to drink—when the ekayāna is preached, do not give rise to faith and acceptance. 4. Those who think the Lotus teaching is still impermanent, and upon hearing the preaching of permanence do not give rise to faith and acceptance. 5. Those who think this scripture explains permanence only under concealed characteristics, and upon hearing an explicit explanation of permanence do not give rise to faith and acceptance. 6. Those who think this scripture explicitly explains permanence and cling to it as an eternalist view, and upon hearing the preaching of the path of quiescence as neither permanent nor impermanent, also do not give rise to faith. Therefore, the Apparition of the Jeweled Stūpa Chapter states: 'Taking hold of empty space is not sufficient to be difficult; / To believe, accept, write, and uphold it is called truly not easy.' These words are verified! Now, if one is free from the above faults and the mind has nothing upon which to depend, only then can one receive it with faith.