Buddha-body: 1 definition
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Buddha-body means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Libraray: Vimalakirti Nirdesa SutraThe Buddha Body is denoted by the Sanskrit term Dharmakāya (धर्मकाय), according to the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra.—Accordingly, as Vimalakirti expouded the Dharma before thousands of persons:—“Virtuous ones, the (human) body being so repulsive, you should seek the Buddha body. Why? Because the Buddha body is called Dharmakaya, the product of boundless merits and wisdom; the outcome of discipline, meditation, wisdom, liberation and perfect knowledge of liberation; the result of kindness, compassion, joy and indifference (to emotions); the consequence of (the six perfections or paramitas) charity, discipline, patience, zeal, meditation and wisdom and the sequel of expedient teaching (upaya); the six supernatural powers; the three insights; the thirty-seven stages contributory to enlightenment; serenity and insight; the ten transcendental powers (dasabala); the four kinds of fearlessness; the eighteen unsurpassed characteristics of the Buddha; the wiping out of all evils and the performance of all good deeds; truthfulness, and freedom from looseness and unrestraint. So countless kinds of purity and cleanness produce the body of the Tathagata. Virtuous Ones, if you want to realize the Buddha body in order to get rid of all the illnesses of a living being, you should set your minds on the quest of supreme enlightenment (anuttara-samyak-sambodhi)”
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Body, Buddha.
Full-text: Mahayanasamparigrahashastra, Parinirvana.
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Search found 16 books and stories containing Buddha-body; (plurals include: bodies). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 6.22 (Commentary) < [Chapter 6 (text and commentary)]
Text 6.12 (Commentary) < [Chapter 6 (text and commentary)]
Text 14.2 (Commentary) < [Chapter 14 (Text and Commentary)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
III. Bodhisattva body and Buddha body < [Part 3 - Possessing a body endowed with the marks]
I. Range of voice of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas < [Part 3 - Speaking to innumerable universes by means of a single sound]
Appendix 1 - Comparison of the Boddhisattva and the Buddha with the moon < [Chapter XLV - Application of Merit]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 3 - The motivating power of compassion < [C. The three instructions of striving]
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (by Charles Luk)
Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
2. Middle period (c): The Mahāyānasaṃparigraha-śāstra < [Chapter 2 - The Buddha-Nature in the Tathāgatagarbha Literature]
Vimalakirti Sutra (by Burton Watson)