Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s2.t11.10
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c7.s2.t11.10
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c7.s2.t11.10
(i) The Sūtrālaṅkāra⁵ explains the Nirmāṇakāya to be those forms which are assumed by Buddhas to render service to beings of the various worlds. It generally refers to the human form that Buddha takes in order to make a show of his acquiring the ordinary arts and crafts required by an average man, living a family life and then retiring from it, and ultimately attaining Nirvāṇa by a recourse to ascetic practices.