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Second, regarding determining their essential natures: The dharmakāya takes tathatā as its essence. Thus the Buddhabhūmi-śāstra states: 'The dharmakāya takes tathatā as its nature.' Furthermore, the sūtra above states: 'All noble and worthy ones, up to Maitreya, are all suchness.' According to the *Mahāyānasaṃgrahopanibandhana* of Asvabhāva, untainted and unhindered wisdom is called the dharmakāya. The Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra takes tathatā and the wisdom of tathatā as the dharmakāya. These sūtras and treatises speak according to their associated meanings, not with respect to their fundamental nature. If discussed in terms of virtues, it takes the virtue of cessation as its essence. The enjoyment-body has two kinds: first, self-enjoyment; second, other-enjoyment. As for self-enjoyment, it takes the untainted five aggregates as its essence. Thus the Nirvāṇa Sūtra states: 'Relinquishing impermanent form, one attains permanent form; sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness are also like this.' If discussed in terms of its virtues, it takes the virtue of wisdom as its essence. If discussed in terms of the three wisdoms, it takes the pṛṣṭhalabdha-jñāna of self-benefit as its essence. Thus the *Mahāyānasaṃgrahopanibandhana* states: 'The enjoyment-body is precisely the pṛṣṭhalabdha-jñāna.' Second, the other-enjoyment body takes the transformed functions of the untainted five aggregates as its essence. If discussed in terms of wisdom, it takes the pṛṣṭhalabdha-jñāna of benefiting others as its essence. Among the three virtues, it takes the virtue of grace as its essence. The transformation-body takes the transformed functions of the untainted five aggregates as its essence. If discussed in terms of wisdom, it takes the pṛṣṭhalabdha-jñāna of benefiting others as its essence. Thus the *Mahāyānasaṃgrahopanibandhana* states: 'The transformation-body is precisely a differentiation of the pṛṣṭhalabdha-jñāna.' If discussed in terms of marks, it takes form as its nature. Thus the Liang translation of the *Mahāyānasaṃgraha* states: 'The transformation-body takes only physical forms as its essence.' In terms of virtues, it takes the virtue of grace as its essence.