nirmanakaya

Buddhism
Also known as: nirmanakaya

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Mahāyāna Buddhism

  • Buddha
    In Buddhism: The three Buddha bodies

    The emanation body (nirmanakaya) is the form of the Buddha that appears in the world to teach people the path to liberation. The enjoyment (or bliss) body (sambhogakaya) is the celestial body of the Buddha to which contemplation can ascend. In the heavenly regions, or Pure Lands, the…

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trikaya

  • In trikaya

    …the heavenly mode; and the nirmanakaya (body of transformation), the earthly mode, the Buddha as he appeared on earth or manifested himself in an earthly bodhisattva, an earthly king, a painting, or a natural object, such as a lotus.

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  • Buddha
    In Buddha: The doctrine of the three bodies

    The emanation body (nirmanakaya) is no longer the body that the Buddha employs to perform supernatural feats; it is rather the only body to appear in this world and the only body visible to ordinary humans. It is the Buddha’s emanation body that was born as a prince,…

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