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楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 1.201

楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 1.201

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1.201

問佛身名不同者何。化佛,應身也,謂千百億化身。報生佛,他報身也,謂他機所見。如如佛,法身也,謂體性如如不異。智慧佛,自報身也,謂自己修因感果,以始覺之智合於本覺,故曰智慧。

This asks why there are different names for the Buddha's bodies. The transformation Buddha is the nirmāṇakāya, referring to the hundreds of billions of transformation bodies. The reward-born Buddha is the sambhogakāya for others' benefit, referring to what is seen by other faculties. The tathatā Buddha is the dharmakāya, referring to the essential nature being suchlike and not different. The wisdom Buddha is the sambhogakāya for self-benefit, referring to one's own practice of causes culminating in the fruit, where the wisdom of initial awakening unites with inherent awakening, hence called "wisdom".

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