Wisdom and Consciousness

“We say that we rely on Wisdom and not on consciousness. Wisdom is an allusion to the Tathagata. If any Sravaka does not well understand the virtues of the Tathagata, such a consciousness is not to be followed. If he knows that the Tathagata is the Dharma-Body, such true Wisdom can indeed be followed. If a person sees the expedient body of the Tathagata and says that it belongs to the five skandhas, to the eighteen realms [i.e., the six sense organs, the six sense-fields and the six consciousnesses], to the twelve balls [the six sense organs and the six sense-fields], and that it arises from feeding, such things should not be followed. This means that even consciousness is not to be followed. If a sutra says such a thing, it cannot be followed.”

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 8 - On the Four Dependables.