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梵音。質多。又唧多。此是緣慮義。唯識論云。集起名心。即八識也○中陰經偈云。心為人毒本。善惡隨其形。行善即趣善。行惡即趣惡○正法念經云。一切法行主。所謂彼心是。又云。一切善不善法。心為根本○心地者。佛言三界之中。以心為主。眾生之心猶如大地。五穀五果從大地生。如是心法。生世出世善惡五趣。三乘。以是因緣。三界唯心。故名心地。

In Sanskrit it is *citta*, also transcribed *ji-duo*; this carries the meaning of reflecting upon conditions. The *Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi-śāstra* states: 'That which accumulates and gives rise [to phenomena] is called mind; that is, the eight consciousnesses.' A verse in the *Antarābhava-sūtra* states: 'The mind is the root of humanity's poison; / Good and evil follow its form. / Practicing good, one goes to good [destinies]; / Practicing evil, one goes to evil [destinies].' The *Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra* states: 'The master of the practice of all phenomena—that is the mind.' It also says: 'The mind is the root of all wholesome and unwholesome phenomena.' Regarding the 'mind-ground' (*cittabhūmi*), the Buddha said: 'Within the three realms, the mind is the master. The minds of sentient beings are like the great earth: the five grains and five fruits grow from the great earth. In this way, mental phenomena give rise to the mundane and supramundane, good and evil, the five destinies, and the three vehicles. For this reason, the three realms are mind-only; hence it is called the mind-ground.'