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云何知見根本？我見為諸見本；一念惑心為我見本。從此惑心起無量見，縱橫稠密不可稱計。為此見故造眾結業，墮墜三途沈迴無已。如旋火輪，若欲息之，應當止手。知心無心，妄想故心起；亦知我無我，顛倒故我生。顛倒及妄想息者，即是根本息，枝條自去。

How does one know the root of views? The view of self is the root of all views; a single thought-moment of deluded mind is the root of the view of self. From this deluded mind arise immeasurable views, crisscrossing and dense beyond calculation. Because of these views, one creates all kinds of binding karma, falling into the three evil destinies and sinking in cyclical rebirth without end. It is like a whirling firebrand: if one wishes to extinguish it, one should stop the hand. One knows that the mind is without mind, yet due to false thinking the mind arises; one also knows that the self is without self, yet due to inversion the self is born. When inversion and false thinking cease, that is the cessation of the root, and the branches will naturally fall away.