Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c7.s2.t12.23

c7.s2.t12.23

(v) The Siddhi says that there are two Sambhogakāyas called Parasambhogakāya and Svasambhogakāya. The former is seen by bodhisattvas, while the latter is seen by the Buddhas of the various lokadhātus, and not by bodhisattvas. As regards refulgence, illimitability and immeasurability there is no difference between these two kāyas. Both of them have colour and form (varṇa-rūpa-saṃsthāna) as well as sound (śabda). On account of the knowledge of sameness (samatā) obtained by Buddhas, the body is anāsrava (pure). It can appear only in a pure land like the Sukhāvatīvyūha or Gṛdhrakūṭa. The difference between the Parasambhogakāya and the Svasambhogakāya are that the former has the mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇas while the latter has not, and that the citta of the former is as unreal as that of the Nirmāṇakāya, while the citta of the latter is real, and besides, this citta possesses the four jñānas, *viz.*, ādarśajñāna (mirror-like knowledge),¹ samatā-jñāna (knowledge of the sameness of all things), pratyavekṣaṇā-jñāna (knowledge of distinguishing subject, object and the varieties of things) and kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna (knowledge of doing all that is to be done).² The rūpa of both the Sambhogakāyas is exceedingly subtle and expansive without limit, yet it is sapratigha (possessed of the quality of obstruction). Nevertheless the subtle bodies of countless Buddhas are interpenetrable.