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Sambhogakaya ([[longs spyod rdzogs pa'i sku]]).
  
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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]
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The [[kaya]]s:  Various aspects or states of [[buddhahood]].  One recognizes two, three, four, or five kayas.
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*Two Kayas: [[dharmakaya]], the absolute body, and [[rupakaya]], the body of form.
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*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]].
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*Four Kayas: the ''[[svabhavikakaya]]'', or essential body, is to be added to the [[three kayas]] and represents their inseparability ([[dbyer med]]).
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*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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Latest revision as of 10:26, 26 June 2006

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.