What is meant by "birth"?

Emerging as a body, manifesting as another thing, is called birth. All dharmas never emerge outside the tathāgatagarbha; they all exist within the tathāgatagarbha, and therefore none of them is ever born. Since none of them is born, none of them ever ceases either. All dharmas are originally the tathāgatagarbha, neither arising nor ceasing. This is also why it is said that all dharmas are empty and without self-nature. We are busy every moment of our lives—what is the meaning of it all?

To accept and acknowledge this principle is to attain the patience of non-arising and the patience of the non-arising of dharmas. The mind consciousness can easily accept it and easily acknowledge it; the key lies with the manas. If the manas can accept it, that is realization; complete and thorough realization of it is buddhahood. Thinking about it is easy, but putting it into practice takes three great asaṃkhyeya kalpas—it is extremely difficult.

Stretching out both legs and lying at ease, caring not a whit for any affair. Why such leisure? Because all dharmas have nothing to do with me, and there is no "me" either. The myriad dharmas are at ease, and I too am at ease. What is there in the world worth all the fuss and clamor?