Some may wonder, “It is fine to demonstrate right from the start that this mind can neither be watched nor seen, but beyond that, what is the point in investigating [whether it has a] colour and so on?” It is precisely because sentient beings do not realise that mind — which lacks a nature — definitely does not have such [colour and so forth] that they, since time without beginning, take what they call “me” and “I” to be something real. Based on that, attachment, aversion, and ignorance arise, and thus they wander in cyclic existence, the ocean of suffering. In order to put an end to that, you [must] probe into the depths of your own mind, the main root of cyclic existence, through investigating, examining, and analyzing [it]. Thus, through determining it to be empty and without identity, it is certain that you see the unmistaken actuality of the basic nature. Through being certain that mind lacks a nature, you realise that the mistakenness of clinging to any identity of cyclic existence is without reality. By the force of that, you are certain that all phenomena are empty. Consequently, our attachment to all worldly pursuits is put to an end, and the root of reification, the cause of cyclic existence, is cut through. Therefore, there is good reason for investigating the mind.
— 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje

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