The Immovability of Tathāgatagarbha

What remains unmoved in the tathāgatagarbha is its mental activity and thoughts; its mind does not stir or turn in response to the coming and going of sense objects. Yet even while the mind remains unmoved, it still gives rise to the myriad dharmas moment by moment—all dharmas are produced by Him. His work is extremely abundant, yet He never feels burdened.

No matter what karmic actions the seven consciousnesses create, the tathāgatagarbha does not stir its thoughts and has no sensation. Whatever karmic seeds manifest, the tathāgatagarbha has no emotional reaction; It manifests dharmas in accordance with karmic seeds, yet remains unrelated to all dharmas. "Let the winds blow from east, south, west, or north—I remain serene and unmoved like Mount Sumeru." Unchanging yet according with conditions, according with conditions yet unchanging, untainted by defilement, not drifting away and losing Its self-nature, not merging into the stream of the myriad dharmas, not keeping company with the myriad dharmas—this is precisely a description of the tathāgatagarbha.