大乘起信論略述 2.127

2.127

論。若有眾生至若進若退　述曰。次下第二舉劣顯勝。於中有二。初內熏力微。後外緣力劣。此初也。內熏力微。即是信位初心入也。善根微劣等者。總明障重。創修善行名為微少。久惑未制名為深厚。雖值於佛等者。別顯住輕。於中別顯三種劣心。然起人天種子者。倒種苦因。或起二乘種子者。異求小果。設求大乘根本定者。猶豫大乘即下中上三品人也。此雖遇勝緣發心。善少障深但得淺利。

[Treatise:] If there are sentient beings... [their progress is uncertain,] advancing or retreating.
[Exposition:] Next, the second [part] adduces the inferior to reveal the superior. Within this, there are two parts: first, the power of internal perfuming is weak; later, the power of external conditions is inferior. This is the first. 'The power of internal perfuming is weak' refers to persons at the initial mind of the stage of faith. 'The roots of goodness are minute and inferior,' and so forth, generally explains the heaviness of the hindrances. Newly cultivating wholesome practices is called 'minute and small.' Long-standing afflictions not yet subdued are called 'deep and thick.' 'Although they encounter the Buddha,' and so forth, specifically shows that their abiding is slight. Within this, three kinds of inferior minds are specifically shown. However, 'generating human and heavenly seeds' mistakenly plants the cause of suffering. Or 'generating the seeds of the two vehicles' differently seeks an inferior fruition. Even if they seek the Mahāyāna, 'its fundamental nature is indeterminate'—hesitating over the Mahāyāna; these are persons of the lower, middle, and upper grades. Although they encounter superior conditions and aspire [to awakening], because their goodness is small and their hindrances deep, they attain only shallow benefits.