起信論疏筆削記 14.13

14.13

闕因中，論　未有熏力者，如濕木之遇繩鑽，雖有火性，而鑽之不生。障者亦爾，雖有本覺，聞法亦不悟解。不能究竟等者，亦有聞法信受，暫時發心，然鮮克有終，不能久永。如下所說，或有見佛色相、或供眾僧、或因二乘、或學他發心，悉不決定。或退凡夫二乘之地，此如濕木鑽時還有熱氣，然不能出火燒木。如世間法甚眾，於中信解修趣者實難其人。良以內熏力微，惑障厚重，以喻類法，昭然可見。

In the lack of cause, on the Śāstra's "not yet having perfuming power": this is like wet wood encountering the bow-drill; although it has a fire-nature, drilling it will not produce [fire]. Those with obstructions are likewise so: although they have original enlightenment, upon hearing the Dharma they still do not awaken and understand. On "cannot ultimately," and so forth: there are also those who, hearing the Dharma, accept it with faith and temporarily give rise to the mind [for bodhi], yet rarely manage to carry it through to the end, unable to make it last long. As explained below, some see the physical form of the Buddha, some make offerings to the saṃgha, some rely on the two vehicles, or some emulate others in giving rise to the mind; none of these are determinate. Or they regress to the stage of ordinary beings or the two vehicles; this is like wet wood still having warmth when drilled, yet unable to produce fire to burn the wood. Just as worldly dharmas are extremely numerous, among them those who have faithful understanding and cultivate toward [the goal] are truly rare to find. This is simply because the power of internal perfuming is slight and the obscuration of delusion is thick and heavy; applying the simile to the dharma, it can be clearly seen.