The Primordial Body
Aniconic representation of Dharmakaya ( धर्म काय ) "Sarvavid Vairocana" ( वैरोचन ) The Primordial Body | Friday – February 13, 2026 I n all the sincere and true traditions of the world —that is to say, traditions that are derived from the great primordial unity —the notions of quality and quantity are central in the conception of the metaphysical order of things. That is to say: the notion of a pure substance where the essence of all possibility (manifestation) is situated atop the natural order of things ( sacred hierarchies ); and where essence is substance manifested at the various planes of the creation, particularly within the temporal domain. This primordial body, or unity as we shall soon see, can be understood from various metaphysical point of views, but they all converge around the ontological delineation between something that is of pure possibility—in Buddhist tradition the pure substance of the Buddha, Dharmakāya ( धर्म काय ), or the unmanifested, Acintya ( अचि...