The words come out in Mahayana belief theory. Fundamental ignorance activates the truth and manifests the illusion of birth and death (phenomenon of confusion). Its appearance is divided into three subtle and six gross (nine phases). The subtle one is that there is no distinction between the king of mind and the mental states, and its appearance is subtle and difficult to predict; the rough one is that the king of mind corresponds to the mental states, and its function is grossly apparent.

The three details are: (1) Ignorance of karma, abbreviated as karma.

Refers to the initial movement from truth to delusion. That is to say, the initial state of truth initiated from fundamental ignorance is the first phase in branch ignorance. This phase has not yet been able to distinguish the state of subject and object. (2) Being able to see the appearance, also known as seeing the appearance. Refers to the first sign of movement. Also called phase turning. According to the initial activation of karma, it is transformed into a visible form. This is the mind (subjectivity) that recognizes objects based on the aforementioned ignorance. (3) Realm phase, also called present phase and realm phase. The appearance is changed from the front, and the appearance of the realm is unexpectedly revealed. As soon as the visible appearance arises, the object of knowledge (objective) appears at the same time.

The six roughnesses are: (1) Wisdom, which differentiates the stained and pure according to the state. In the pure state, one loves, and in the stained state, one does not love. This is called wisdom. (2) The phase of continuance, which is differentiated by wisdom. In a state of love, happiness will arise, and in a state of non-love, suffering will occur. When the mind is aware of thoughts, the correspondence is continuous, which is called continuance. (3) The phase of clinging. Depending on the previous phase, the mind becomes attached to the state of suffering and happiness, which is called the phase of grasping. (4) Counting the names and signs, taking the signs according to the previous attachment, and distinguishing the signs of false sayings, which is called counting the names and signs. (5) The appearance of the karma, according to the previous plan, the name, the attachment, and the creation of various kinds of karma are called the signs of the karma. (6) The suffering phase of karma is related to good and evil karma. There is the suffering of life and death and the inability to be at ease. This is called the suffering phase of karma.

According to this, if you enter from the subtle phase to the gross phase, that is, from the alaya consciousness position that does not correspond to the heart to the six consciousness positions that correspond to the heart, the world of confusion will unfold accordingly. Therefore, if you want to reach the state of enlightenment, you must move from the gross phase to the subtle phase. The realm of an ordinary person is the coarse among the coarse (the six gross and the last two signs), the realm of the Bodhisattva is the fine among the coarse (the first two signs of the six gross) and the coarse among the fine (the three fine and the last two signs), and the realm of the Buddha is the fine. The details (ignorance of karma). In addition, if the three subtle and six gross are matched with the five mind, then the three subtle will be matched with the karma consciousness, transitional consciousness, and present consciousness in order, wisdom will be matched with the wisdom, and the continuous consciousness will be matched with the continuous consciousness. If it is used to match the six-defiled mind, then the three essences will be matched in sequence with the basic karma that does not correspond to the defilement, the visible mind that does not correspond to the defilement, the continuous corresponding defilement, and the grasping and calculating names that match the corresponding defilements. If it is matched with the four aspects, then the karma will be matched with the appearance of birth, the appearance, realm, wisdom, continuity, etc. will be matched with the appearance of living, the grasping, counting of names, etc. will be matched with the different signs, and the karma will be matched with the appearance of destruction.

[Volume 4 of the Commentary on the Mahayana, the first and second volumes of the Essay on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, the first and lower volumes of the Essay on the Awakening of Faith, and the middle volume of the Essay on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana]