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What is the “Plain Dharmakaya”?

Photo of the Dharmakaya.
The Dharmakaya.

The Buddha Master has told us that there are numerous states within the different levels of dhyana and wisdom, or seeing prajna. He explains the first step as the “plain dharmakaya,” and that the entire process also includes the pure dharmakaya, nirvana with remaining reliance, and nirvana without reliance. There is also the Great Nirvana of No Abiding when one is able to enter the state of the profound bright samadhi of the Tathagatas and one can abide in the state of unity of the dharmakaya and the universe. Then it is possible to pursue the cultivation of and attain the Great and Perfect Mirror Wisdom, the Wisdom of Equality in Nature, the Wisdom of Accomplishing What Is Undertaken, the Wisdom of Marvelous Observation, and the Wisdom of the Essential Nature of the Dharma Realm. Only by entering the great nirvana of no abiding is it possible to realize these five wisdoms and the four bodies as a Buddha.

So how does His Holiness explain what the plain dharmaka is?

This definition is from a preliminary translation of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra as discussed in Learning from Buddha College & Seminary Course DCB21.

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