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Form body. The visible form of a buddha that is perceived by other beings, in contrast to his "Dharma body," the dharmakāya, which is his enlightenment.

According to the Lesser Vehicle, the buddha body of form refers to the thousand buddhas of the Auspicious Eon, including Śākyamuni. In the Great Vehicle, however, the term includes both the buddha body of perfect resource which appears in a pure light form to tenth level bodhisattvas and the buddha body of emanation which manifests physically for the sake of all beings.

See "rūpakāya."

Used to refer to the two form bodies of the Buddha, i.e. the nirmāṇakāya and the saṃbhogakāya.

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