Q. The Avatamsaka Sutra says that when we wear clothes, we should let go of our attachment to them and reach the Pure Land. How can we reach the Pure Land when wearing clothes?

A. In fact, we have opportunities to reach the Pure Land all the time, besides when we wear clothes because all our behaviours are the functions of the true-Self that is Pure Land. Realising the fact that all our behaviours are the functions of the true-Self is enlightenment, which is referred to as reaching the Pure Land.

The reason why we can’t reach the Pure Land is that we are deluded by forms and words. ‘When we wear clothes, we should let go of our attachment to them’ means that we should see our clothes as they are without being deluded by their forms and names.

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