Kayatathata, Kāyatathatā, Kaya-tathata: 1 definition
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Kayatathata 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: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāKāyatathatā (कायतथता) refers to the “suchness of body”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Furthermore, son of good family, the Bodhisattva, having known that the form is impermanent, having cultivated the application of awareness concerned with body, etc., having known that the form is like grass, trees, walls, paths, and reflections, cultivates the application of awareness concerned with body. The Bodhisattva understands the suchness of body (kāyatathatā) through the suchness of form, and understands from the suchness of body to the suchness of all dharmas. This suchness of all dharmas is the absence of suchness, is not different from suchness, and nothing else but suchness. [...]”.
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.
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Partial matches: Tathata, Kaya.
Full-text: Kayanupashyana.
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