Lankavatara Sutra Chapter 2, Section XX IV

Using the same source as usual...

• Ignorance, deed, and desire keep consciousness and mental activities going.



• Clinging to the external objects as real (having within themselves an unchanging essence) makes manifest the world of externalities.



• "Habit energy" keeps the cycle of impermanence going.



• The aggregates, desires, and modes of perception have a nature of false discrimination.



• A Bodhisattva-Mahāsattva who "gets this" will be well on the way, and it's good to exercise one's self in this regard.