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Sambhogakaya ([[longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku]]).  
Sambhogakaya ([[longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku]]).  


*The 'body of perfect enjoyment.' In the context of the '[[Five Kayas]] of fruition,' sambhogakaya is the semi-manifest form of the buddhas endowed with the '[[Five Perfections]]' of perfect teacher, retinue, place, teaching and time which is perceptible only to bodhisattvas on the ten [[Bhumis]]. [RY]
The 'body of perfect enjoyment.' In the context of the '[[Five Kayas]] of fruition,' ''sambhogakaya'' is the semi-manifest form of the buddhas endowed with the '[[Five Perfections]]' of perfect teacher, retinue, place, teaching and time which is perceptible only to [[bodhisattva]]s on the ten [[Bhumis]]. [RY]
 
The [[kaya]]s:  Various aspects or states of [[buddhahood]].  One recognizes two, three, four, or five kayas.
 
*Two Kayas: [[dharmakaya]], the absolute body, and [[rupakaya]], the body of form.
*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]]


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Sambhogakaya (longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku).

The 'body of perfect enjoyment.' In the context of the 'Five Kayas of fruition,' sambhogakaya is the semi-manifest form of the buddhas endowed with the 'Five Perfections' of perfect teacher, retinue, place, teaching and time which is perceptible only to bodhisattvas on the ten Bhumis. [RY]

The kayas: Various aspects or states of buddhahood. One recognizes two, three, four, or five kayas.

  • Two Kayas: dharmakaya, the absolute body, and rupakaya, the body of form.
  • 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