འཕགས་པ་ལྷག་པའ་བསམ་པ་བརྟན་པའ་ལའ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7

7

“In order to abandon the mind of violating discipline, they perceive ethical discipline where there is no ethical discipline and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of corrupted discipline!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“In order to abandon the mind of malice, they pereive patience where there is no patience, and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of malice!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“In order to abandon the mind of laziness, they perceive joyous effort where there is no joyous effort, and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of laziness!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“In order to abandon the mind of distraction, they perceive meditative concentration where there is no meditative concentration and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of distraction!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“In order to abandon the mind of ignorance, they perceive wisdom where there is no wisdom, and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of ignorance!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“They should be seen as just like that person. I do not say of such foolish people that they are cultivating the path; they should be said to be on the wrong course.

“Noble son, this is as in the analogy: just as that person wrongly perceives nonexistent water, concludes that they have relinquished the water, and becomes joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it,

“In order to abandon the mind of violating discipline, they perceive ethical discipline where there is no ethical discipline and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of corrupted discipline!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“In order to abandon the mind of malice, they pereive patience where there is no patience, and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of malice!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“In order to abandon the mind of laziness, they perceive joyous effort where there is no joyous effort, and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of laziness!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“In order to abandon the mind of distraction, they perceive meditative concentration where there is no meditative concentration and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of distraction!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“In order to abandon the mind of ignorance, they perceive wisdom where there is no wisdom, and conclude that it is there although it does not exist. Thinking, ‘We have eliminated the mind of ignorance!’ they become joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it.

“They should be seen as just like that person. I do not say of such foolish people that they are cultivating the path; they should be said to be on the wrong course.

“Noble son, this is as in the analogy: just as that person wrongly perceives nonexistent water, concludes that they have relinquished the water, and becomes joyful, ecstatic, and exhilarated by a joy that has no truth to it,