The Dharma Transmission Gatha of Buddha Vipaśyin

The body is provisionally formed by the four great elements;

The mind is fundamentally unborn, yet arises due to conditions.

If the preceding conditions cease, the mind also vanishes;

Sin and blessing arise and cease like illusions.

Explanation: The material body of sentient beings is composed of the four great elements—earth, water, fire, and wind. Based on the karmic conditions of sentient beings, the eighth consciousness projects the seeds of these four great elements. According to the varying proportions of the four elements, the material body of sentient beings manifests, and sentient beings then regard this body composed of the four elements as "self." The eighth consciousness, which manifests sentient beings, is inherently existent—it is not born later but is the unborn dharma. It is formless and featureless and cannot manifest independently. It always abides together with the various states of the five aggregates it manifests. Wherever conditions arise, there it exists. Therefore, for sentient beings to recognize and find it, they must seek it amidst the illusory conditions of various states.

If the various states of the five aggregates vanish—if sentient beings' eyes do not see forms, ears do not hear sounds, nose does not smell fragrances, mind does not contemplate dharmas, and the discerning mind ceases—then the eighth consciousness cannot manifest through form, sound, scent, taste, touch, or dharmas. With no discerning mind to recognize the eighth consciousness, it temporarily withdraws into concealment. Since the material body is formed by the four great elements and the discerning mind is illusory, the karmic actions of sin and blessing created by the five aggregates are likewise illusory. Though they appear to exist phenomenally, they are ultimately unborn, with no real existence of sin or blessing. Thus, sin and blessing are both empty, devoid of self and anything belonging to self.