Lectures on the Sūtra of the Collection of the Father and Son (Pitāputrasamāgamanasūtra) (114)

The body consciousness and the karmic actions created by the body consciousness are all empty

The body consciousness itself is empty, coming and going in emptiness—it cannot be grasped, cannot be retained, arising and ceasing, illusorily transforming without end. The karmic actions that are created are empty, and the initial consciousness is also empty. If consciousness ceases, the phenomenon of cessation itself is also empty; there is no truly existing dharma of cessation—who could extinguish it? There is no extinguisher. If consciousness arises, the dharma of arising is also empty; dharmas that arise in accordance with karmic seeds are all empty. Only the ālayavijñāna is not empty: He holds the seeds of all dharmas and can produce all dharmas. He truly exists; everything else is empty, false, illusorily transformed, and unreal.