What marks does the tathāgatagarbha perceive?

Do the Buddhas still see deluded dharmas? They see them, yet do not interpret them as deluded dharmas, nor use them as deluded dharmas. With the great countenance of compassion, they accompany sentient beings in play, entering the mud and water for the sake of sentient beings, their minds pure and without delusion like a lotus flower. Does the tathāgatagarbha see deluded marks? It does not. It does not see composite marks, does not see marks of combination, does not see the mark of a single unity, does not see marks of transformation; it sees only the original mark. Abiding in the original mark, it makes offerings of all dharmas to sentient beings, entering the mud and water without being stained in the slightest—supremely pure!

With which eye do sentient beings see that there are mountains, rivers, and the great earth? It is the flesh eye that sees. The flesh eye is blind—why is the flesh eye blind? Because the mind-eye is blind, the flesh eye must be blind. Why is the mind-eye blind? It has been so since beginningless kalpas; there is no reason for it—ignorance has no cause. Since beginningless kalpas, how many eyes have been blind? The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind, and manas—seven eyes in total—all of them blind. Once the manas is blind, all follow in blindness; there is no clear-sighted eye.

What should one do if one no longer wishes to be blind? How can one act so as to see the light? With blind eyes you have created evil karma—have you created enough? With blind eyes you have received evil retribution—have you received enough? Enough. Since it is enough, from now on: do no evil whatsoever, and practice all manner of good!