Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra, Volume 34 (59)

Original text:何以故。以彼犹有。能障现观粗品我慢。随入作意。间无间转。作是思惟。我于生死曾久流转。我于生死当复流转。我于涅槃当能趣入。我为涅槃修诸善法。我能观苦真实是苦。我能观集真实是集。我能观灭真实是灭。我能观道真实是道。我能观空真实是空。我观无愿真是无愿。我观无相真是无相。如是诸法是我所有。

Explanation: Why is it that one who deeply and earnestly dreads birth-and-death and yearns for nirvāṇa still cannot enter nirvāṇa, and cannot even attain determination (adhimokṣa) with regard to the dharmas of nirvāṇa or abide in them? It is because the practitioner still has coarse self-conceit that can obstruct the direct contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) of direct perception; as the contemplative practice deepens, there arise intermittent or uninterrupted attention (manaskāra), and the mind deliberates thus: "I have long transmigrated through birth-and-death; I will continue to transmigrate in birth-and-death; I will in the future enter nirvāṇa; I cultivate various wholesome dharmas for the sake of nirvāṇa; I can contemplate the truth of suffering and know it is truly suffering; I can contemplate the truth of origination and know it is truly origination; I can contemplate the truth of cessation and know it truly ceases; I can contemplate the truth of the path and know it is truly the path; I can contemplate emptiness (śūnyatā) and know it is truly emptiness; I contemplate the wishless and know it is truly the wishless; I contemplate the signless and know it is truly the signless; all such dharmas are possessed by me."