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How does the five aggregates of sentient beings exist? How do the five aggregates of sentient beings pass into the next life? How do the five aggregates of sentient beings transfer karma to the next life? How do the five aggregates of sentient beings vanish and cease? To understand all the secrets of the five aggregates, one must study this Mahayana Sutra on the Manifestation of Consciousness. The entire text explains how the ālaya-vijñāna sustains the body, departs from the body, carries sensations and perceptions to take rebirth elsewhere, migrates to another physical form, receives the physical body of the next life, operates along with the body, departs from the present physical body to undergo karmic retribution in the body of the future life, enters the womb, carries karmic seeds, and so forth. It fully reveals the functions of the ālaya-vijñāna within the five aggregates, demonstrating to sentient beings how crucial the ālaya-vijñāna is for the continuity and operation of life. Without the ālaya-vijñāna, there would be no five aggregates across the three lifetimes, nor the realm of inanimate objects in the universe. The ālaya-vijñāna is the sovereign of the world of the five aggregates and the primary consciousness of sentient beings' lives. Therefore, understanding the ālaya-vijñāna is extremely important, and realizing the ālaya-vijñāna is even more crucial.
