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Command of the Eight Great Displays (八大自在). According to the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (T12n0375), fascicle 23, the true self of a Buddha has total command of the eight great displays:  
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Command of the Eight Great Displays (八大自在). According to the [[Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra]] (T12n0375), fascicle 23, the [[true self]] of a [[Buddha]] has total command of the eight great displays:  
  
(1) one physical body can manifest many copies;  
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([[1]]) one [[physical body]] can [[manifest]] many copies;  
  
(2) one physical body can fill a Large Thousandfold World;  
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(2) one [[physical body]] can fill a Large Thousandfold [[World]];  
  
(3) this vast body can lift off and travel far;  
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(3) this vast [[body]] can lift off and travel far;  
  
(4) it can remain in one land and manifest innumerable varieties of forms in response to sentient beings;  
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(4) it can remain in one land and [[manifest]] [[innumerable]] varieties of [[forms]] in response to [[sentient beings]];  
  
(5) the functions of its five faculties can be interchangeable;  
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(5) the functions of its [[five faculties]] can be interchangeable;  
  
(6) He can attain all dharmas with no attachment to any attainment;  
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(6) He can attain all [[dharmas]] with no [[attachment]] to any [[attainment]];  
  
(7) He can expound the meaning of one stanza for innumerable kalpas;  
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(7) He can expound the meaning of one [[stanza]] for [[innumerable]] [[kalpas]];  
  
(8) His body can pervade everywhere, like space.
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(8) His [[body]] can pervade everywhere, like [[space]].
 
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Revision as of 17:34, 3 September 2013

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Command of the Eight Great Displays (八大自在). According to the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (T12n0375), fascicle 23, the true self of a Buddha has total command of the eight great displays:

(1) one physical body can manifest many copies;

(2) one physical body can fill a Large Thousandfold World;

(3) this vast body can lift off and travel far;

(4) it can remain in one land and manifest innumerable varieties of forms in response to sentient beings;

(5) the functions of its five faculties can be interchangeable;

(6) He can attain all dharmas with no attachment to any attainment;

(7) He can expound the meaning of one stanza for innumerable kalpas;

(8) His body can pervade everywhere, like space.

Source

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