安樂集 1.78

1.78

問曰：「大乘經云：『業道如秤，重處先牽。』云何眾生一形已來，或百年或十年，乃至今日無惡不造。云何臨終遇善知識，十念相續即得往生？若爾者，先牽之義何以取信？」

The question asks: 'The Great Vehicle sūtras say: "The path of karma is like a scale; that which is heavier pulls first." How is it that sentient beings throughout an entire lifetime, whether for a hundred years or ten years, down to the present day have left no evil undone, yet upon encountering a good spiritual friend at the point of death, by maintaining ten recitations in succession, they immediately attain rebirth? If so, how can one place trust in the principle of pulling first?'