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-Nirmanakaya ([[sprul sku]]), ([[sprul pa'i sku]]).
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-*'Emanation body,' 'form of magical apparition.' The third of the [[Three Kayas]]. The aspect of enlightenment that can be perceived by ordinary beings. [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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