Understanding the principle that the tathāgatagarbha manifests illusory transformations will increase one's wisdom

The tathāgatagarbha illusorily manifests mental sense-objects, and also illusorily manifests the mind consciousness; the mind consciousness then gives rise to the function of discernment, and thereby knows the mental sense-objects. During this process, the mental sense-objects did not come, and the mind consciousness did not go, yet the images of the objects were discerned. All dharmas neither come nor go; arising and ceasing are also illusory appearances, and all dharmas neither arise nor cease.

Understanding the principle of the tathāgatagarbha's illusory manifestation will increase wisdom; and the more wisdom one has, the more one will discover how heavy one's former ignorance was, grasping at all dharmas without any reason. Things from the past, however precious they seemed at the time, now appear not worth mentioning; people and matters that seem so important now will likewise seem not worth mentioning when wisdom grows in the future.