What is the capacity of the mind?

Although the tathāgatagarbha embraces the vast void and its measure pervades worlds numerous as sands, the tathāgatagarbha is the tathāgatagarbha—how great is your own mind of the seven consciousnesses? The tathāgatagarbha can embrace the vast void, yet your own seven consciousnesses can only embrace yourself, plus perhaps your own family members and relatives. With such a small mind capacity, what great thing could you possibly accomplish?

Which person has the mind capacity of a bodhisattva, holding in their heart the entire Buddhist enterprise and all sentient beings of the dharmadhātu? If you lack this mind capacity, and day after day you diligently seek only your own personal gain, considering only your own affairs and the affairs of the few members of your family, is it possible to seek the Buddha Way with such a mind and hope to gain benefit from the Buddhadharma? At the slightest stir of wind or grass, you cover your head and scurry away like a rat, hiding in some corner and refusing to come forward, thinking this way you will be safe and sound. No matter what happens in Buddhism, you absolutely refuse to step forward; yet when something happens to yourself, you seek help everywhere, hoping everyone will come take care of you. For a person with such mental conduct, isn't it only fitting that they suffer the misery of birth-and-death in saṃsāra?

Everyone wants to gain benefit from Buddhism; everyone wants the Three Jewels to protect and support them. But when something arises in Buddhism and the Three Jewels need protection and support, everyone hides far away, refusing to lift a finger, watching the spectacle of Buddhism and the Three Jewels as a joke. Can such a person be a disciple of the Buddha? You rely on Buddhism for your survival and treat Buddhism as your home, yet when the household of Buddhism has troubles, you stand by coldly watching, looking out for your own preservation first. Whether Buddhism flourishes or perishes is no concern of yours—can such a person gain benefit from Buddhism? Can they receive the blessing of the Three Jewels?

Do they not know that when the nest is overturned, how can any egg remain unbroken? For the rise and fall of Buddhism, Buddhist disciples bear responsibility. One who refuses to bear this responsibility—how can they be called a disciple of the Buddha?