摩訶止觀 1.139

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九縛凡夫不覺不知，如大富盲兒坐寶藏中，都無所見；動轉罣礙，為寶所傷。二乘熱病，謂諸珍寶是鬼虎龍蛇，棄捨馳走，竛竮辛苦五十餘年。雖縛脫之殊，俱貧如來無上珍寶。起大慈悲誓願，拔苦與樂，是為非縛非脫發真正菩提心，顯是義明矣。

The ordinary person of the nine bondages is unaware and unknowing, like the blind child of a wealthy person sitting in a treasure house, seeing nothing at all; stumbling and obstructed as he moves about, he is injured by the treasures. The two vehicles are afflicted by a fever, thinking that the precious jewels are ghosts, tigers, dragons, and serpents, abandoning them and fleeing, wandering in hardship for more than fifty years. Although bondage and liberation differ, both are destitute of the Tathāgata's unsurpassed, precious treasure. Arising great compassionate vows, eradicating suffering and bestowing happiness—this is generating the true aspiration for bodhi that is neither bondage nor liberation, and the meaning of revealing the correct is made clear.