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| − | The [[Sambhogakāya]] ([[Sanskrit]]: "[[Body]] of enjoyment" , Tib: longs.sku) is the second mode or aspect of the [[Trikaya]].
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| − | The Sambhogakaya is a "subtle [[Body]] of limitless [[Form]]". Both "celestial" [[Buddhas]] such as [[Bhaisajyaguru]] and [[Amitābha]], as well as advanced bodhisattvas such as [[Avalokitesvara]] and [[Manjusri]] can appear in a "[[enjoyment-Body]]. A [[Buddha]] can appear in an "[[enjoyment-Body]]" to teach bodhisattvas through visionary experiences.
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| − | Those [[Buddhas]] and Bodhisattvas manifest themselves in their specific pure lands. These worlds are created for the benefits of others. In those lands it is easy to hear and practice [[THE DHARMA]]. A person can be reborn in such a [[Pure land]] by "the transfer of some of the huge stock of '[[Merit]]' of a Land's presiding [[Buddha]], stimulated by devout prayer.
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| − | One of the places where the [[Sambhogakāya]] [[Body]] appears is the extra-cosmic realm or [[Pure land]] called [[Akaniṣṭha]]. This is one of the highest realms of the Śuddhāvāsa devas.
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| − | Absolutely seen, only the [[Dharmakaya]] is real; Sambhogakaya and [[Nirmanakaya]] are "provisional ways of talking about and apprehending it".
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| − | Sambhogakaya also refers to the luminous [[Form]] of clear [[Light]] the Buddhist practitioner attains upon the reaching the highest dimensions of practice.
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| − | According to tradition, those skilled in [[Meditation]], such as advanced Tibetan lamas and yogis, as well as other highly realized Buddhists, may gain access to the Sambhogakaya and receive direct transmission of [[Doctrine]].
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| − | There are numerous Sambhogakaya realms almost as numerous as Deities in [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. These Sambhogakaya-realms are known as [[Buddha-fields]] or [[Pure Lands]].
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| − | One manifestation of the Sambhogakaya in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] is the '[[Rainbow body]]' or jalus (Tibetan). This is where an advanced practitioner, shortly before [[Death]] is walled up in a cave or sewn inside a small yurt-like tent. For a period of a week or so after [[Death]] the practitioners' [[Body]] transforms into a Sambhogakaya [[Light]] [[Body]] leaving behind only [[Hair]] and nails.
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| − | Namdak rendered by [[Vajranatha]] convey the relationship of the [[Mindstream]] ([[Sanskrit]]: [[Citta]] santana) of Sambhogakaya that links the [[Dharmakaya]] with the [[Nirmanakaya]].
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| − | In the [[Chán]] (禪) (Jp. [[Zen]]) tradition, the [[Sambhogakāya]] (Chin. 報身↔baoshen, lit. "retribution [[Body]]"), along with the [[Dharmakaya]] and the Nirmanakaya, are given metaphorical interpretations.
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| − | In the [[Platform Sutra]] of the [[Sixth Patriarch]], Chan Master [[Huineng]] describes the Samboghakaya as a state in which the practitioner continually and naturally produces good thoughts:
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| − | Think not of the past but of the future. Constantly maintain the future thoughts to be good. This is what we call the [[Sambhogakāya]].
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| − | Just one single [[Evil]] [[Thought]] could destroy the good [[Karma]] that has continued for one thousand years; and just one single good [[Thought]] in turn could destroy the [[Evil]] [[Karma]] that has lived for one thousand years.
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| − | If the future thoughts are always good, you may call this the [[Sambhogakāya]]. The [[discriminative Thinking]] arising from the [[Dharmakāya]] (法身↔fashen "[[Truth]] [[Body]]") is called the Nirmanakāya (化身↔huashen "[[Transformation body]]"). The successive thoughts that forever involve good are thus the [[Sambhogakāya]].
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