Among the division of equal enlightenment Bodhisattvas, there is still a share of the ignorance of produced appearances that has not been destroyed. Therefore, from Bodhisattvas to us common people in the nine dharma realms, all living beings have ignorance. Ignorance is affliction. It is affliction. Affliction is bodhi.
Affliction is bodhi.
Everyone can use the affliction, but everyone has forgotten the bodhi. Forgotten, so they cannot use it. If you apply warm energy, the ice can still change back into water. Just this is the analogy for affliction and bodhi. Greed', anger and stupidity, these are cold energy.