The Changeless Nature

Buddha Nature 734. The defects of beings are not their true nature since these defectsare a fabrication due to various causes and they are transient.Actually, these faults are not existent entities and the qualitiesof the buddha nature are completely unsullied5. If one adheres to the faults, which are not true, and disparagesthe qualities, which are true, one will not have that loving kindnessof the wise which sees the similarity of oneself and others.Through hearing about buddha nature in such a way, there willarise:1. enthusiasm for practice,2. respect for all beings as though they were the buddha,3. prajna,4. jnana and5. great loving kindness.Through the growth of these five qualities, the five unwholesomeaspects 58 will be absent and the similarity of beings will be seen.Through understanding the faultlessness and inherent qualities of thenature of mind and through loving kindness, which sees the similarityof oneself and all beings, buddhahood will be swiftly achieved.This was the first chapter, dealing with the 'Essence of the Tathagatas',from the analysis of the 'Potential for the Rare and Supreme' inthis Ultimate Mahayana Treatise on the Changeless Continuity of theTrue Nature.