• Meaning: The Buddha’s ultimate nature — emptiness and wisdom inseparable.
• Key Point: Beyond birth, death, and form. Represents ultimate truth.
• Example: The vast open sky.
2. ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ (๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ค๐๐ฎ / ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ช, เฝฃོเฝเฝฆ་เฝฆྐུ།)
• Meaning: The form through which Buddhas appear in pure lands to teach advanced bodhisattvas.
• Key Point: Luminous, blissful, visible only to high-level practitioners.
• Example: A radiant rainbow bo
3. ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ (๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ค๐๐ฎ / ๐๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ช, เฝฆྤྲུเฝฃ་เฝฆྐུ།)
• Meaning: The manifestation of Buddhas in ordinary human or other forms to help beings.
• Key Point: Historical Buddha Shakyamuni is a Nirmanakaya.
• Example: Teacher appearing in human form.
๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ:
• Dharmakaya → Ultimate reality, truth body.
• Sambhogakaya → Pure land form, enjoyment body.
• Nirmanakaya → Manifestation body, visible to us.
Phub dorji wang
“Tashi Delek”
“As Bodhicitta is so precious,
May those without it now create it.
May those who have it not destroy it,
And may it ever grow and flourish.”
Sources & References
1. Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Garland Sutra) — outlines the cosmic vision of the Buddha.
2. Mahaparinirvana Sutra — discusses the eternal nature of the Buddha.
3. Jamgรถn Kongtrul, Treasury of Knowledge, Vol. 4 — systematic Tibetan explanation of Trikaya.
4. Dalai Lama, The Meaning of the Three Bodies of the Buddha (public teachings).
5. Paul Williams, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge, 1989 — academic overview.
