All Dharmas Are Empty, Yet the Eighth Consciousness Is Not Empty

Not even the slightest dharma can grasp the slightest dharma. The grasping seven consciousnesses and the grasped myriad dharmas—thousands upon millions of dharmas—are all empty and illusory. All dharmas are images of the eighth consciousness; their essence is all the eighth consciousness. Sentient beings can only see the images, and the images are all empty: there is no grasping mind of the seven consciousnesses, nor any grasped object-dharmas. Not even the slightest dharma can grasp other dharmas. That is, apart from the eighth consciousness, everything is empty and illusory—the grasping seven consciousnesses are empty, and all the grasped object-aspects are empty. Apart from emptiness there is only emptiness, while the eighth consciousness is not empty. When a bodhisattva realizes this kind of wisdom, he enters the house of the Tathāgata.