 This identification between Dainichi and hosshin held many implications for Kūkai, which became worked out in his various doctrines. For example, the equation of Dainichi’s body-and-mind with the cosmos itself also means the immanent presence of the Buddha within, and as, the body-and-mind of each and every one of us. And so Dainichi’s “enlightened mind” (bodhicitta) becomes synonymous with the Mahāyāna doctrine of “original enlightenment” (hongaku) within all beings. But as the Dharma signifies the interdependent origination, hence, emptiness (kū) of all beings, its embodiment may be said to be an “empty body.” We will examine these ideas in greater detail later.