The Chuyao Jing (Dharmapāda), Vol. 6
"What is considered impure in Buddhism? It denotes the four confused delusions: considering impermanence permanent, considering suffering blissful, considering what is impure pure, and considering selflessness the Self. On the other hand, the notion of pure refers to the disconnection with these four confused delusions.”
「何者不淨者？四顛倒是，無常謂有常是一顛倒，苦謂曰樂是二倒，不淨謂淨是三倒，無我謂我是四倒，與此四倒不相應者是謂為淨，」
Remark:
Buddha Sakyamuni taught the notion of no-self during the First Turning of the Dharma Wheel, to enable practitioners to cast off the illusive states generated by the first six forms of consciousnesses. Due to beginningless ignorance, we consider this physical body and mind that perceive sensual pleasures our real self, and constantly reinforce our dependency on them and our attachment to them. In fact, however, as taught by the Buddha, all the six states of awareness arise depending on the conditions of the sense faculties and sense objects. Hence, our perceptive mind is impermanent and short-lived. When we seek to “live life to the fullest” without the correct Buddhist views, we will surely be trapped in the endless stream of transmigration.
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