Here is a teaching by Master Chingche on the importance of Cultivating Bodhicitta in Buddha Recitation.
其实每一个人都在走上真如途，但是你不知道跟知道差很多。
你说哎呀这个人愚夫愚妇他好好念佛，他不知道真如。他也是暗合道妙浅通佛智。是啊 其实每一个人都是日用而不知的。就是说你不明白真如，其实你在念佛的时候也是走在真如上面。但差别在哪里？差别在你不知道跟知道差很多了。你不知道。你就会心外求法。一个乞丐。不管他知不知道他爸爸就是大富长者没有错吧，他不管知不知道是不是。他作为一个乞丐，他爸爸是大富长者这个父子天伦不能改变吗？但是他知不知道就是说。他今天回去他们家打工。他把他爸爸当作外人跟把这个老板当作他爸爸，这两个是不一样的内涵的，知道吗？就是它知不知道。
正如本性是在本剧的他知不知道他和警示性本质亲情它知不知道差很多。差很多。因为你不知道你就容易。仁者心动，你自己心里没底，你看到什么下场，你就会怕很自然地。啊，其实你知不知道真如都没有离开你。但是关键是。这真的没办法加持你啊就是说你不观他。其实他没有离开你但是对你来说就没有对你来说就没有从因缘的角度，你就没有就是一个孤儿，你就是一个流浪汉。但你知道以后你就再也不是流浪汉了。就是这个地方，就是差在这里了
Here's the English translation:
Actually, every person is walking on the path to true suchness, but there's a big difference between knowing and not knowing.
You might say, "Oh, this simple, ordinary person is chanting Buddha's name, but he doesn't know true suchness." Yet they are still mysteriously aligning with the profound way and have a shallow understanding of Buddha's wisdom. Indeed, everyone is using it daily without realizing. This means that even if you don't understand true suchness, when you're chanting Buddha's name, you're still walking on the path of true suchness. But what's the difference? The difference lies in whether you know it or not, which makes a huge difference. When you don't know, you seek the dharma outside yourself.
Consider a beggar. Whether he knows it or not, his father is a wealthy elder, right? Regardless of whether he knows it or not, as a beggar, can the natural bond between father and son be changed? But whether he knows it or not makes a difference. If he goes to work at their family business today, treating his father as a stranger and his boss as his father, these two situations have different implications, you understand? It's about whether he knows or not.
Just like one's true nature is intrinsic, whether one knows it or not, whether one knows the essential kinship with awareness makes a big difference. A big difference. Because when you don't know, you easily become moved by external circumstances. You lack inner confidence, and when you see certain outcomes, you naturally become afraid. Actually, whether you know true suchness or not, it has never left you. But the key is: it really can't bless you if you don't contemplate it. Although it has never left you, from your perspective, it's as if it doesn't exist. From the perspective of causes and conditions, it's as if you're an orphan, a homeless person. But once you know, you are no longer homeless. This is exactly the point, this is where the difference lies.