The following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct” with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche:
4.b.3(b.8) Disrespecting the aggregates
The eighth is physically abusing oneself out of disrespect for the five aggregates, which are actually the five buddhas.
In inner Vajrayana practice, the five aggregates are viewed as the five buddhas. At the time of empowerment, the body itself becomes a support for the offering of all desirable objects and the increase of bliss. In dependence upon the body, primordial wisdom is actualized. Not knowing this and so maintaining the view that the body is a source of suffering, and further belittling the body verbally or physically–such as by actually severing one’s own limbs and so forth–constitutes the eighth downfall.
