As the saying goes, “It takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze three feet deep.” We are, after all, ordinary people, unable to just give up our insatiable worldly desires overnight. But as mentioned before, it does not matter what we practice, Mahayana or Hinayana;, as long as the aim is to attain ultimate liberation, genuine renunciation will gradually arise over time.

~ Luminous Wisdom 1 : The Three Differences