Quotations: Dharmakirti, Commentary on Valid Cognition, All faults come from the idea of "I"
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བདག་ཡོད་ན་ནི་གཞན་དུ་ཤེས། །
བདག་གཞན་ཆ་ལས་འཛིན་དང་སྡང་། །
འདི་དག་དང་ནི་ཡོངས་འབྲེལ་ལས། །
When there is an “I”, there is a perception of other,
And from the ideas of self and other come attachment and aversion,
As a result of getting wrapped up in these,
All possible faults come into being.
- Dharmakīrti, Commentary on Valid Cognition, chapter II