The Changeless Nature

Buddha Nature 49Because it is of a non-conceptualising character, it has the attribute ofpeace, the non-dual true nature. Because its qualities are not fabricated,it has the attribute of immutability, the changeless nature" 32 .B2j. Inseparability of the Qualities from the Buddha-NatureIt is the dharmakaya. It is the tathagata.It is the highest truth. 33 It is the ultimately-true nirvana. 34Like the sun and its rays, these aspects are inseparable.Hence there is no nirvana other than buddhahood itself.In brief, since the meaning of the untainted space is divided intofour aspects, then dharmakaya and so on (i. e. tathagata, highest truthand true nirvana) should be known as four synonyms for it.That which is inseparable from the buddha-qualities is calleddharmakaya. Full achievement of the buddha-potential, just as it is,is called tathagata. The true nature, neither false nor unreliable, iscalled the highest truth. That endowed, from the very beginning,with the nature of peace itself, is called nirvana.Buddhahood is every aspect of true and perfect enlightenment.Nirvana is total removal of all impurities along with their latent subconscioustraces. In the context of truth, these are not two differentthings.Liberation has the characteristic of being inseparable from itsqualities, which are complete, numberless, inconceivable and stainless.This liberation is the tathagata.One might compare this to an example in which there are artists,each of whom is skilled in drawing one or another part of the body.Whichever part any one had individually mastered would not havebeen mastered by any other of them. One day their king and rulersummons them to the palace and gives them canvas with the order,"All of you must co-operate to paint my picture".Having received this order, they apply themselves as best they canto the work of painting. One of them, however, departs to another