Why Is Excluding Dissidents a Characteristic of Ordinary People's Worldly Nature?

Because such a person has "self" in mind, has "others" in mind, has the four marks, has matters and principles — the mind is not empty at all; it is entirely self-nature. Such people are not good at cultivation. If they further resort to unreasonable means, or use any means necessary, always trying to trample others underfoot, then such a person is finished — not an ordinary worldling, but one who cannot eradicate the view of self and realize the fruit.

Excluding and eliminating those who differ from oneself belongs to bodily, verbal, and mental actions — improper bodily, verbal, and mental actions. One who has eradicated the view of self will no longer act this way, because there is initially no self, the mind accords with no-self, and one no longer creates coarse, heavy evil karmic actions. Therefore, to judge whether a person has realized the fruit and whether they possess the Path, one must still judge from the bodily, verbal, and mental actions of the seventh consciousness — the more specific, the better. Apart from this, there is no other criterion for judgment. One cannot judge the seventh consciousness's fruit-realization and cultivation from the mental actions of the eighth consciousness, nor can one judge solely from verbal claims. Actions best reveal a person's realization and cultivation; faking it with words is the easiest — there are countless instances of using false words and deceptive speech to hoodwink others. Although sometimes bodily actions can also be faked, this is very limited and cannot be sustained.

The nature of a worldling is also manifested in desires. Some people, as they study Buddhism, have desires that grow ever larger with study — wanting to realize the fruit and see the mind as quickly as possible, by whatever means possible, wanting any fruit at all, not even minding a fake fruit, as long as they have the reputation of having realized the fruit and seen the mind. Once they gain that reputation, they are directly above others, and all benefits will come to them — their desires are enormous; it doesn't matter through what channel they obtain the fruit, they will try every means to obtain it. This is a very strange notion, and having this notion is precisely the strongest and most solidified self — how could such a person still hope to eradicate the view of self and realize the fruit? Treating the Buddha-dharma as a tool for gaining worldly fame and profit — the mind is blinded by greed for gain. Blinded by profit, it is difficult to walk out of darkness and saṃsāra. In short, the worldling nature of sentient beings is inexhaustible to describe, and one can only sigh in regret. With such lack of awakening, being in the cycle of rebirth is only to be expected — pitiable people must have hateful aspects.