内心，蕴藏着巨大的能量

Why is it called “store”? For instance, we assume that actions we have committed in the past such as killing and stealing are done and over with, and that no traces are left behind. That is not the case. Instead, a certain energy is stored in the most fundamental level of our consciousness. Within this base consciousness are all sorts of energy — good and bad actions, good and bad thoughts, etc., just like a storage. Hence, it is called “store.”

为什么叫“藏”呢？比如，我们过去做过杀生、偷盗等恶行，从表面上看来，这些事情都已经结束，没有留下什么痕迹，但实际上不是这样。虽然事情结束了，却有一个能量储存在最基础的意识当中。在这个最基础的意识当中，有着好事、坏事、好的念头、坏的念头等各种各样的能量，就像一个仓库，所以叫做“藏”。

From the Buddhist perspective，a person is reborn after death. Although the physical body no longer exists, consciousness at the most basic level never ends but transmigrates instead. This is similar to moving computer software from one hardware to another. Thus, our temperament and personality are often tied to our previous life through information held in the store-consciousness.

This fundamental ignorance is a necessary condition for our practice. We can develop our innate potential if we stay longer and deeper in this state. The mind has great power and we have used no more than five percent of its potential. This is true even with the most intelligent people in the world, like Einstein and many scientists. The very core of this potential has not been touched.