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19 Oct 2020    Monday     4th Teach Total 2721

Only when the five aggregates die can your Dharmakāya live

<h2 style="text-indent: 2em;">Question: "Only when the five aggregates die can your Dharmakāya live"—what does this mean? If it does not die, it cannot live—what does that mean?</h2>

Answer: Everyone's Dharmakāya is operating at every moment, sustaining the activities of the five-aggregate body and upholding the eighteen realms. However, sentient beings do not recognize the Dharmakāya, so having it is the same as not having it; in this way, the Dharmakāya is as if dead. Why do sentient beings fail to recognize the Dharmakāya? It is because their minds are covered by the dark clouds of the five-aggregate body: they see only the five-aggregate body before their eyes, and not the Dharmakāya behind it. If you wish to see the Dharmakāya and let it come alive, you must use prajñā wisdom to part the dark clouds of the five aggregates; then the Dharmakāya behind them will be revealed, lively and vibrant.

——Master Sheng-Ru's Teachings
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