There is no form inside the mind
form is nourished by the mind
body, possessions, the world, and beings
from repository consciousness all appear
The mind, will, and consciousness
the five dharmas and modes of reality
the purification of two kinds of no-self
these are taught by those who teach
Long and short, is and isn't
from each in turn the other arises
because one isn't, the other is
because one is, the other isn't
Analyzing something into dust
doesn't yield the idea of its form
but saying it is nothing but mind
doesn't please deluded people
This isn't a realm for philosophers
nor is it for shravakas*
the teaching of those who would save the world
is the realm of self-realization.
---The Lankavatara Sutra---
* One devoted to self-liberation and not the liberation of all beings.
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