Understanding the Principle of the Illusory Transformations of Tathāgatagarbha Increases Wisdom

The tathāgatagarbha illusorily manifests some mental sense-objects (dharma-viṣaya), and also illusorily manifests the mind consciousness; the mind consciousness then gives rise to the function of discernment, and thereby comes to know 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 sense realms are known. All dharmas neither come nor go; arising and ceasing are also illusory marks, and all dharmas neither arise nor cease.

Understanding the principle of the tathāgatagarbha's illusory manifestation will increase wisdom; the more wisdom one has, the more one will discover how heavy one's ignorance was in the past, 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 one's wisdom grows in the future.