大乘起信論略述 1.159

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1.159

The treatise says: "Fifth is the perceiving […] because of being able [to abandon it]." Dankuang explains: This is the second, the transforming consciousness, among the five kinds of consciousness (manas). Relying on the stirring mind, it transforms into a perceiver, dirtying the pure mind; hence it is called "perceiving defilement." Arriving at the ninth bhūmi, one attains unhindered cognition, skillfully knowing the dense thicket of the mental activities of sentient beings without hindrance between self and other, which is called "sovereignty of mind." The mind hindered by avidyā never manifests in activity, and hence it is said that one "can abandon it."

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