The Greatest and Most Fundamental Theft

All things in heaven and earth are acquired through theft, all are karmic actions involving birth and death, and all entail karmic retribution of birth and death—differing only in the weight and nature (good or evil) of the karmic acts. Regardless of good or evil, so long as they pertain to conditioned phenomena, they invariably entail the suffering of birth and death. For within heaven and earth, nothing truly belongs to you—including your physical body and conscious mind—all are "stolen" from the Tathāgatagarbha. Only after completely eradicating the view of self does one cease to violate the precept against stealing; only by not violating the precept against stealing can one attain Buddhahood.