摩訶止觀 6.141

6.141

夫三乘之初，不愚於法，皆欲求佛；厭患生死，喜多退轉。譬如有人俱聞他方有七寶山，翹心束脚；若念路艱險，便退不前。行人亦爾，畏懼生死，退大沈空。後聞菩薩勝妙功德，自惟敗種，泣動大千，不待所因而懷憂悔。若依此義，但有入空，便無入假事也。

At the beginning of the three vehicles, practitioners are not foolish regarding the Dharma and all wish to seek Buddhahood; yet abhorring birth and death, they often fall back. For example, if several people all hear that there is a seven-jeweled mountain in another region, they set their hearts on it and pack their gear; yet if they consider the hardship and danger of the road, they fall back and do not advance. Practitioners are also like this: fearing birth and death, they fall back from the great and sink into emptiness. Later, upon hearing of the superior and wondrous merits of bodhisattvas, they reflect that they are rotten seeds and weep, shaking the trichiliocosm, harboring sorrow and regret without awaiting its cause. If one follows this view, there would only be entry into emptiness, and no such thing as entering the provisional.