The University of Nalanda c11.123

c11.123

" First of all the Hoshang said—When virtuous or sinful acts are performed the result is either translation to heaven or damnation in hell. So in none of these conditions could the Sattva be liberated from worldly existence. Both were therefore obstructions to his attaining to Buddhahood, i.e., Nirvāṇa. For instance, he continued, the sky becomes equally obscured by a white or dark cloud. Wherefore one should not think on any subject at all. If the mind remains absolutely free from thought, i.e., inactive, then emancipation from Bhāva (worldly existence) is possible and not otherwise. Want of Vikalpanā (absence of thoughtfulness, i.e. intellectual activity in body or in speech) is equivalent to the state of Nirālamba, i.e. the total isolation or abstraction of the mind.