Bodhidharma:3 Four4 elements and five skandhas are originally void, and self-less. But, you should know there are two different functions of the mind.
What are the two?
The first is of the pure mind; the second is of the tainted mind.
The pure mind means the non-karmic and unmovable true mind-as-it-is.
The tainted mind means the quo-karmic, unenlightened, dark mind.
These two different minds are originally cohesive.
Under karmic conditions, they coexist without affecting each other.
Pure mind always enjoys5 the good cause. Tainted mind always thinks of evil works.
If the unmovable mind were awakened and understood, the enlightenment could not be tainted.
One is called a holy sage, who, free from suffering, attains Nirvanic Happiness. One entangled and covered by tainted, evil works is called an ordinary-being: He continuously falls into three different cosmos and receives many sufferings.
Why? Because the tainted mind blinds one to the essence of the unmovable true mind-as-it-is.
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True Mind Is Not Disclosed because of Delusion
In the Ten-Mind-Worlds Sutra:
Within the body of an indigent-being is a diamond Buddha-nature;
Like the luminous radiance, of bright sunshine and as vast and limitless;
But, 'its just not visible because of the black cloud of five skandhas;
Like a candle(which cannot be seen) inside a bottle.
Also, in the Nirvana Sutra:
All indigent-beings have the Buddha-Nature;
But have not attained Nirvana, because the unenlightened darkness has concealed it.
Within the body of an indigent-being is a diamond Buddha-nature;
Like the luminous radiance, of bright sunshine and as vast and limitless;
But, 'its just not visible because of the black cloud of five skandhas;
Like a candle(which cannot be seen) inside a bottle.
Also, in the Nirvana Sutra:
All indigent-beings have the Buddha-Nature;
But have not attained Nirvana, because the unenlightened darkness has concealed it.
Good Dharma Is the Root of Enlightening
By Buddha-nature we understand the enlightenment.
If one enlightens himself, and self-gnostic wisdom is brightened by separation from what is covered, it is called the complete liberation.
Then, it is certain to be known that all good dharma is the root of the enlightenment.
By the root of enlightenment, each and every tree of virtue and merit will appear; and also, the fruits of Nirvana can be perfected.
This is what we call;6 right-mind-watching.
If one enlightens himself, and self-gnostic wisdom is brightened by separation from what is covered, it is called the complete liberation.
Then, it is certain to be known that all good dharma is the root of the enlightenment.
By the root of enlightenment, each and every tree of virtue and merit will appear; and also, the fruits of Nirvana can be perfected.
This is what we call;6 right-mind-watching.
Evil Dharma Is the Root of Three Poisonous Minds
Hye Ka; What is the root of the unenlightened, dark mind and all sin?7
Bodhidharma: The unenlightened dark mind has eighty-four thousand sufferings (defilements) and lusts; the sins are as many as the sands of the Ganges River.
In short, they are all derived from three poisons; greedy mind, angry mind, and ignorant mind.
These three poisonous minds are like one immense tree having only one root but an immeasurable number of branches and leaves.
The three poisonous minds originally prevailed over all sins.
Furthermore, when this poisonous root creates all varieties of karmic sins, it is actually a hundred, thousand, or even ten-thousand times bigger than the simile of branches and leaves.
Bodhidharma: The unenlightened dark mind has eighty-four thousand sufferings (defilements) and lusts; the sins are as many as the sands of the Ganges River.
In short, they are all derived from three poisons; greedy mind, angry mind, and ignorant mind.
These three poisonous minds are like one immense tree having only one root but an immeasurable number of branches and leaves.
The three poisonous minds originally prevailed over all sins.
Furthermore, when this poisonous root creates all varieties of karmic sins, it is actually a hundred, thousand, or even ten-thousand times bigger than the simile of branches and leaves.
Original Face of Six Thieves
These three poisons came from the essential one body.
When it is transformd according to the six sense roots, it becomes six thieves; and six thieves are sex consciousnesses.
These six consciousnesses create evil karmas when they respond to the six roots; it will automatically be affected by the outer perspectives and become an obstacle for truth-as-it-is.
That is why we call them six thieves. As a result of these three poisons and six thieves causing confused body and mind, all indigent-beings fall into life-death and enter the six branches of the karmic-chain.
Thus, all the sufferings follow.
Is is like one great river formed by the gathering of many small, ceaselessly flowing streams to make ten-thousand miles of meandering river current.
When it is transformd according to the six sense roots, it becomes six thieves; and six thieves are sex consciousnesses.
These six consciousnesses create evil karmas when they respond to the six roots; it will automatically be affected by the outer perspectives and become an obstacle for truth-as-it-is.
That is why we call them six thieves. As a result of these three poisons and six thieves causing confused body and mind, all indigent-beings fall into life-death and enter the six branches of the karmic-chain.
Thus, all the sufferings follow.
Is is like one great river formed by the gathering of many small, ceaselessly flowing streams to make ten-thousand miles of meandering river current.
Cut Out the Three Poisons
If one cuts out the root and stream, then all flowing will cease; one who wishes to attain Nirvana [must] turn the three poisons into the three immaculate precepts [practice good dharma, liberate all indigent beings, and uphold the precepts] and turn the six thieves into the six paramitas.
Then, naturally, one will be free from all suffering.
Then, naturally, one will be free from all suffering.
Three Different Cosmos Enlightenment Gives You Freedom from
Bodhidharma:8 All the karmic sequences in the three different cosmos only came from the mind.
If you awaken the mind, even though you are in the three different cosmos you will be free from them.
Three different cosmos are three kinds of poison: Greed, the world of desire; Anger, the world of visual form; and Ignorance, the formless world.
By these three poisons all bed karmic causes will be created and karmic effects will be built; thus, allowing entry into the six branches of karmic sequences(i.e., wandering around like a wheel).
These are what we call, three different cosmos.9
If you awaken the mind, even though you are in the three different cosmos you will be free from them.
Three different cosmos are three kinds of poison: Greed, the world of desire; Anger, the world of visual form; and Ignorance, the formless world.
By these three poisons all bed karmic causes will be created and karmic effects will be built; thus, allowing entry into the six branches of karmic sequences(i.e., wandering around like a wheel).
These are what we call, three different cosmos.9
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