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or more commonly known as "Phamtingpa", born 11th cent., one of the Newar students of Naropa. He lived in what is now known as Pharping, near Kathmandu. He was one of the first masters whom Marpa met when he travelled via Nepal to India for the first time. Marpa stayed for some time with Phamtingpa and was strongly advised by him to travel onwards to India and meet his own guru Naropa. [TSD]

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-The [[kaya]]s:  Various aspects or states of [[buddhahood]].  One recognizes two, three, four, or five kayas.
+or more commonly known as "Phamtingpa", born 11th cent., one of the Newar students of [[Naropa]]. He lived in what is now known as Pharping, near Kathmandu. He was one of the first masters whom [[Marpa]] met when he travelled via Nepal to India for the first time. Marpa stayed for some time with Phamtingpa and was strongly advised by him to travel onwards to India and meet his own guru Naropa. [TSD]
-*Two Kayas: [[dharmakaya]], the absolute body, and [[rupakaya]], the body of form.
+[[Category:Tibetan Dictionary]] [[Category:rydic2003]] [[Category:ja]]
-*Three kayas: the ''dharmakaya'', or absolute body; the ''sambhogakaya'', or body of divine enjoyment; and the ''nirmanakaya'', or manifested body.  These correspond to the mind, speech, and body of an enlightened buddha and are expressed as the [[five wisdoms]].
-*Four Kayas: the ''svabhavikakaya'', or essential body, is to be added to the [[three kayas]] and represents their inseparability ([[dbyer med]]).
-*'''''Five kayas''''': to the [[three kayas]] one adds the ''avikaravajrakaya'', the "unchanging vajra body," and the ''abhisambodhikaya'', "body of total enlightenment." [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]
-[[Category: Key Terms]] [[Category: Mahayana]] [[Category: Vajrayana]]

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