Imagine a child sleeping next to its parents and dreaming it is being
beaten or is painfully sick. The parents cannot help the child no
matter how much it suffers … If the child could awaken itself, it could
be freed of this suffering automatically. In the same way, one who
realizes that his own Mind is Buddha frees himself instantly from
sufferings arising from the ceaseless change of birth and death. If a
Buddha could prevent it, do you think he would allow even one sentient
being to fall into hell?
What is obstructing realization?
Nothing but your own half-hearted desire for truth. Think of this and
exert yourself to the utmost.
Bassui Zenji, (1327 - 1387)