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The teaching verse of the Great Sage Maitreya says: "The bodhisattva in the stage of concentration observes that reflections are only mind. The characteristics of meaning are immediately eliminated. Carefully observing that there is only one's own conception, thus abiding in the inner mind, one knows that the grasped is non-existent. Next, the grasper is also non-existent. Finally one touches the unobtainable." The "grasped" refers to all fixed characteristics such as existence and non-existence, identity and difference, simultaneity and non-simultaneity. The "grasper" refers to all minds that grasp such characteristics. These minds and objects all arise from one's own mind. Therefore they are like dream-objects. What could be obtained before awakened wisdom? Such is the meaning of the verse.
Simply cultivating the contemplation method with this understanding should still be pondered.
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Question: What are the characteristics of the sequential stages of practice for consciousness-only practitioners? Answer: The Consciousness-Only Treatise says: "In the stage of accumulating provisions, one can deeply believe and understand. In the stage of preparation, one can gradually subdue and eliminate the grasped and grasper, and elicit true insight. In the stage of realization, one truly penetrates. In the stage of cultivation, according to the principle seen, one repeatedly cultivates and subdues remaining obstacles. Upon reaching the ultimate stage, one emerges from obstacles with perfect clarity, can transform sentient beings throughout the future, and again enables them to awaken to consciousness-only characteristics and nature." Question: Regarding the seeds of the three paths of seeing, cultivation, and no-more-learning—in which stage are they made to increase, and in which stage do they produce manifest activity? How does one cultivate them? Answer: From the time one first hears the teachings that are the equal-flow of the dharma-realm, through the power of repeated extensive hearing and perfuming, and spontaneously generates a deep and firm great resolve, one perfumes and increases the naturally pure seeds. Up to the stage of highest worldly dharma, at that time the capacity of the seeing-path pure seeds to produce results is completely equipped. From this, without interval, one enters the Ground of Joy. In that initial moment one attains the true seeing-path non-discriminating wisdom. This has two paths: uninterrupted and liberation. The uninterrupted path stage properly eliminates all dual obstacles arising from discrimination.
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The liberation path stage then realizes their cessation. Although this time period spans many moments, one can unite principle and wisdom moment by moment. Since their characteristics are equal, they are collectively called "one mind." When this path is completed, one next enters the three-mind aspect-seeing path stage. This is subsequently-attained wisdom. However, since it still takes suchness as object, it is non-conceptual. Though non-conceptual, since it transforms characteristics, it is called "aspect-seeing path." The three minds are: First, the wisdom of internally abandoning the false conditions of sentient beings—namely, the subsequently-attained wisdom of person-emptiness observing the suchness of person-emptiness. Second, the wisdom of internally abandoning the false conditions of dharmas—namely, the subsequently-attained wisdom of dharma-emptiness observing the suchness of dharma-emptiness. Third, the wisdom of universally abandoning all false conditions of sentient beings and dharmas—namely, the subsequently-attained wisdom of both emptinesses observing the suchness of the two emptinesses. Having generated these single and compound three minds, one next enters the sixteen-mind aspect-seeing path. The sixteen minds arise because four wisdoms are generated for each of the truths of suffering, etc., making sixteen. Here there are also two types of sixteen: First, the sixteen minds of grasped and grasper—eight observe suchness, eight observe correct wisdom. Second, the sixteen minds of upper and lower eight truths—eight observe the suchness of the four truths of the lower realm, eight observe the suchness of the four truths of the upper realm. Regarding the sequence of these two types of sixteen, there are different interpretations by sectarian masters: some put grasped and grasper first, some put upper and lower eight truths first, some say it is indefinite according to practitioners' inclinations. The above one mind, three minds, and sixteen are all produced by inferior pure seeds. Having thus passed through three stages, one next enters the path of cultivation. Initially this is still within the Ground of Joy. This pure [wisdom] is now produced from medium-grade pure seeds. Those medium-grade seeds increase moment by moment during the seeing path. Being thus perfumed and increased, one attains the arising of wisdom in the first moment of the cultivation path. At this time, those inferior seeds of the seeing path also transform to become medium-grade seeds. Therefore, upon entering cultivation, there are no inferior
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grade seeds. From this point onward, one eliminates innate cognitive obstacles ground by ground and repeatedly cultivates non-discriminating wisdom up to the vajra [stage]. At this time all innate afflictions and extremely subtle seeds of cognitive obstacles are completely eliminated. While cultivating the ten grounds in this way, one perfumes and increases superior seeds moment by moment. Therefore one finally reaches the first moment of buddhahood. At that time, having completely abandoned all non-obstructive defiled [dharmas] and inferior pure [dharmas], superior seeds first produce manifest activity. All existing medium-grade seeds also transform to become superior seeds, so in the buddha-stage there are no inferior or medium grades—only the most extremely superior seeds.
Within these superior seeds, the seeds of each of the most superior pure eight consciousness-kings, the seeds of each of the twenty-one types of associated mental factors, the seeds of each aspect-portion of these mind and mental factors, and the seeds of the five sense-faculties, five objects, etc. within the aspect-portions are all completely present. The major and minor marks, light, etc. are perfectly circular without limit, and the seeds of the five sense-objects of extremely good nature that constitute the jewel-adorned pure lands are all within this. To state the essential point: these are the seeds of the pure eighteen elements. When such seeds enter the first moment of buddhahood, they all simultaneously produce manifest activity—like when the sun first emerges from a mountain and thousands of lights and myriad radiances are simultaneously complete. Due to this, the sense-faculties and major and minor marks of buddhas are each boundless, and the extent of their bodily dimensions and buddha-lands is unknowable. Generally all matters transcend the path of conceptual understanding. This is precisely because during three great immeasurable eons, one cultivated immeasurable, boundless, Ganges-sand merit and wisdom provisions, and through limitless good roots finally obtained this. Each major and minor mark, down to a single hair-tip, is accomplished through Ganges-sand particles of merit. This is called the "self-enjoyment body." The dharma-body is the perfect suchness realized by this wisdom. The other-enjoyment and transformation [bodies]
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are the aspect-portion buddhas manifested by this wisdom. Within those transformation bodies there are immeasurable, boundless body-forms that correspond to and accord with [beings of] various types—namely, various kinds of bodies such as tigers, wolves, jackals, and monkeys, as well as various bodies among humans, desire-realm heavens, form-realm heavens, etc. Such other-enjoyment and transformation bodies have layer upon layer of transformation characteristics, each completely possessing the five aggregates, eighteen elements, and other dharmas. All have eight consciousnesses and various mental factors. When manifesting ordinary bodies, the ten afflictions, twenty secondary afflictions, and other defiled dharmas are all completely present. Each [□] essence-dependent [nature] has seeds capable of producing [it]. The seeds of such manifested form and mind are also all within the naturally pure seeds possessed from beginningless time. Now having reached the fruit stage, they are held by the pure consciousness associated with the self-enjoyment great perfect mirror wisdom. Though the essence of such manifested mind and mental factors is the dependent nature produced by seeds, since aspect-portion minds are not real minds, they are all non-cognitive. Therefore, though they fully possess afflictive obstacles, they are not real ordinary beings but are actually pure, undefiled dharmas. Also, in this stage the pure eight-consciousness collections mutually condition each other in their self-other interactions. That is, the mind-king and mental factors of the eye-consciousness collection universally condition the mind-kings and mental factors of the eight consciousnesses. Up to the mind-king and mental factors of the eighth [consciousness] universally conditioning the mind-kings and mental factors of the eight consciousnesses. The kings and factors of one collection and the kings and factors of different collections all do not obstruct [each other] because they can universally condition [all]. Also, in this stage the mutual conditioning of the four portions is inconceivable. That is, one seeing-portion universally conditions the four portions; one self-witnessing portion also universally conditions the four; the witnessing of self-witnessing portion is also thus. However, regarding each one conditioning its own portion—just as a blade cannot cut itself, this is logically inevitable—it does not directly condition its own portion-function. Taking the self-portion reflection-image transformed by others as the supporting object, it transforms aspect-portions and achieves self-conditioning. How is this so? Moreover,