The Fourth of Ten Wrong States – Believing That There Is Universal Awareness
“Again, the good practitioner has completely emptied the skandha of mental formations and put an end to mental arising and ceasing, but he has not perfectly realized the subtle wonder of Nirvana. Now based on his awareness about the consciousness being all-pervading, if he comes forth a theory that all plants in the ten directions are sentient beings not different from humans, that plants can be reborn as humans, that humans can be reborn as plants throughout the ten directions, and that he regards this belief of universal awareness as the ultimate truth, then he makes the mistake of speculating that what is not aware has awareness, and thus Vasishtha and Sainika, who insist that everything has awareness, become his companions. Confused about the Bodhi of the Buddhas, he wanders off from the Path of the Buddhas’ Right Knowledge and Proper Views.
“This is the fourth wrong state, where the practitioner believes that there is universal awareness and comes up with a deluded conclusion, which leads him to stray far away from perfect enlightenment, to turn his back on the City of Nirvana, and ultimately to sow the seeds of being reborn with distorted awareness.”
又善男子，穷诸行空，已灭生灭，而于寂灭精妙未圆。若于所知，知遍圆故，因知立解，十方草木皆称有情 ，与人无异，草木为人，人死还成十方草树。无择遍知，生胜解者。是人则堕知无知执，婆吒、霰尼执一切觉 ，成其伴侣。迷佛菩提，亡失知见。是名第四，计圆知心，成虚谬果。违远圆通，背涅槃城，生倒知种。
Buddha Mind 