UNDERSTANDTREES

"Though one were to scan the [entire] external universe, [Searching for the nature of mind], one would not find it.

Buddhahood cannot be attained other than through the mind.

Not recognising this, one does indeed search for the mind externally,

Yet, how can one find [one's own mind] when one looks for it elsewhere?

This is like a fool, for example, who, when finding himself amidst a crowd of people,

Becomes mesmerised by the spectacle [of the crowd] and forgets himself,

Then, no longer recognising who he is, starts searching elsewhere for himself,

Continuously mistaking others for himself."