How does the permeation [of ignorance] give rise to the defiled state and continued uninterrupted?
It may be said that, on the ground of Suchness [i.e., the original enlightenment], ignorance [i.e., nonenlightenment] appears.
Ignorance, the primary cause of the defiled state, permeates into Suchness.
Because of this permeation a deluded mind results.
Because of the deluded mind, [deluded thoughts further] permeate into ignorance.
While the principle of Suchness is yet to be realized, [the deluded mind], developing thoughts [fashioned in the state] of nonenlightenment, predicates erroneously conceived objects of the senses and the mind.
These erroneously conceived objects of the senses and mind, the coordinating causes in [bringing about] the defiled state, permeate into the deluded mind and cause the deluded mind to attach itself to its thoughts, to create various [evil] karma, and to undergo all kinds of physical and mental suffering.
"The Awakening of Faith", attributed to Asvaghosha, translated with commentary by Yoshito S. Hakeda (p. 56 - 57, 1967, Columbia University Press)
Note - the breaks, bolding and layout of the above copied text do not reflect the original published presentation. They have been added in hopes to help the reader follow the linked progression and logic of the selection. Any distortion of the original meaning is mine and my own.
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