Four kayas
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The four kayas (Skt. catuḥkāya; Tib. སྐུ་བཞི་, ku shyi; Wyl. sku bzhi) are four dimensions (kayas) of a buddha identified within Tibetan Buddhism. These are:[1][2]
- dharmakaya (chos kyi sku, ཆོས་ཀྱི་སྐུ་) - the body of reality
- sambhogakaya (longs spyod rdzogs pa’i sku, ལོངས་སྤྱོད་རྫོགས་པའི་སྐུ་) - the body of perfect rapture
- nirmanakaya (sprul pa’i sku, སྤྲུལ་པའི་སྐུ་ ) - the emanational body
- svabhavikakaya (ngo bo nyid kyi sku ངོ་བོ་ཉིད་ཀྱི་སྐུ་ ) - the body of their essentiality
In Atisha's Seven Points of Mind Training, slogon number 14 states:[3]
- Seeing confusion as the four kayas
- Is unsurpassable shunyata protection.
According to Haribhadra, chapter 8 of the Abhisamayalankara describes Buddhahood through four kayas.[4]
Svabhavakakaya
The Svabhavikakaya is the unity or non-separateness of the three kayas.[5]
References
Further reading
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Enlightened Courage—An Explanation of Atisha's Seven Point Mind Training, Padmakara Translation Group (Snow Lion Publications, 2006), pages 51-52.
- https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/train-your-mind-seeing-confusion-as-the-four-kayas/
- https://www.lamayeshe.com/glossary/four-kayas