Nama-Rupa Conditions Vijnana; Vijnana Conditions Nama-Rupa

The organizational structure of every sentient being's physical body is so intricate, with such a refined nervous system and even subtler functional mechanisms. The Tathagatagarbha is truly a master craftsman! What kind of blueprint did It use? Who designed it? How was the physical body constructed according to that blueprint? It is utterly miraculous!

Why is there the birth of the five aggregates body? What was the initial cause for the arising of the world and the five aggregates body? The Shurangama Sutra mentions a crucial point: it is because the manas (the seventh consciousness) desired to perceive something, thus seeking outwardly, that the chaotic world came into being. Before this, only the Tathagatagarbha and the manas existed, in profound darkness and obscurity. The birth of the five aggregates body can only be traced back to the Tathagatagarbha. This leads to the conclusion: Name and form arise depending on consciousness (the eighth consciousness), and consciousness (the eighth consciousness) arises depending on name and form.