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occur.
b. All the outside objects are held by subjective views,
becoming very confined. The dharmas of form, called
"material objects," appear to the human being as
outward things. Actually, without mentality, there is
nothing at all. It is as Confucius said: "When the mind is
not present, we look and do not see; we hear and do not
understand; we eat and do not know the taste of what
we eat."
c. When forms are pursued and the beloved object
cannot be acquired, or the disliked object cannot be
abandoned, humans not only feel sorrow, but also take
action. This sows seeds of good or evil into the field of
consciousness. When those seeds mature and sprout,
they become either good or evil conduct, bringing
appropriate karmic results—thus the seeds of
transmigration have no end.
7. The Fivefold Samapatti
It must be emphasized that the only cure for the bad
seeds and the only way to stop the cycle of
transmigration is the practice of the fivefold samapatti
of the real nature of consciousness, which destroys the
delusion.
a. The first stage of this fivefold meditation is getting
rid of the delusions from outside objects and keeping
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