AFFLICTIVE EMOTIONS ARE BASED ON A MISTAKE
Impure states of mind such as desire and hatred are not part of the basic nature of the mind, and must be produced with the assistance of ignorance. All faulty states of mind are mistaken at their root. Ignorance is a form of consciousness mistaken with respect to the object of its attention; it is wrong about it. But valid consciousnesses the opposites of lust and hatred-operate even when there is no mistaken belief in independent existence.
Valid cognition supports love and compassion, for instance.
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