摩訶止觀 10.6

10.6

若人見發，利智根熟能自裁正，或尋經論勘知己過者，此人難得；若不能自正，遇善知識明示是非，破其見心，此亦難得。故云：「真法及說者，聽眾難得故。」既不自覺，又不值師，邪畫日增，生死月甚，如稠林曳曲木，何得出期？

If when a view arises, a person's sharp wisdom and faculties are mature so that they can correct themselves, or they examine scriptures and treatises to recognize their own errors, such a person is rare to find. If they cannot correct themselves, but encounter a good spiritual friend who clearly points out right and wrong and breaks their mind of views, this too is rare to find. Therefore it is said: 'Because the true Dharma, the one who expounds it, and the audience that listens are rare to find.' When one neither realizes it oneself nor meets a teacher, perverted delineations increase by the day and saṃsāra intensifies by the month; like dragging a crooked log through a dense forest, when will there ever be a time of emergence?