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Soh shared, ChatGPT translation of passage above:

"When the Buddha first turned the Dharma wheel, he spoke of avoiding both sensual pleasures and extreme asceticism — this middle way is the true path. The right path is guided by right view (wisdom), which is the true understanding of the Four Noble Truths. Why do beings experience birth and death repeatedly, undergoing an unceasing cycle of life and death — which is suffering? The main cause (origin) of suffering is the notion of "self": in cognition, it is the view of self (what is perceived by the self); in attachment, it is the grasping of self (what is grasped by the self). The Buddha realized that the notion of "self" is illusory and can be seen through. Hence, all phenomena arise from causes and conditions: since they arise from causes and conditions, they are impermanent; because of impermanence, they are suffering, and due to suffering, there is no self or possession of self. Breaking through this core issue of birth and death leads to Nirvana — cessation. Those who have seen the path (understood the Four Noble Truths) and attained the first stage of enlightenment have the "pure Dharma eye" and have "cut off the three fetters". These three fetters are: the belief in a self, doubt, and reliance on rituals and rites. Cutting off these afflictions and obtaining unobstructed wisdom is like light appearing and darkness vanishing. If one does not sever these delusions (mainly the three fetters), how can they attain the "pure Dharma eye"? The scriptures establish three doors to liberation: liberation through understanding impermanence leads to dispassion, liberation through understanding no-self leads to emptiness, and liberation through understanding Nirvana leads to signlessness. In fact, these three doors to liberation all point to the same truth and are therefore called "the door of non-dual liberation". Generally speaking, there are eighty thousand methods, but those are just initial expedient means. When one truly practices, there is only this non-dual door to liberation. Hence, it is said that "all conditioned phenomena are impermanent", "all phenomena lack self", and "Nirvana is quiescent" are the three Dharma seals, which confirm the true nature of the Buddha's teachings."