English
O, listen! The method of reversing the delusion arising from conditions is: One is the conviction in the Teacher's words, Two is the conviction in the Guru's instructions, Three is the conviction in worldly analogies, Four is the conviction in experiential awareness. The root of delusion is the Alaya, By severing it with four reasonings, The Alaya will proceed without substance or characteristics. The analogy for this is: Like killing a ghost and having no corpse, Ignorance has no substance. It is said to be reversed from the conditions of cause. The appearance and consciousness of the mind, Is entering into taking what is not that as that. The analogy for this is: Like a fornicator regretting his actions, The appearance and consciousness of the mind, knowing its nature to be emptiness, is said to be reversed from the conditions of the master. Whatever appears as an object, knowing it to be the nature of the mind, The analogy for this is: Like clouds and fog in the sky, It is said to be reversed from the conditions of the object. Awareness is inseparable from the cutter and the cut, The analogy for this is: Like an axe made of meteoric iron, It is said to be reversed from the conditions of immediate similarity. From the "Precious Lamp Burning Tantra."