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===Sutras=== | ===Sutras=== | ||
*''[[The Sutra of the Three Bodies]]'' | *''[[The Sutra of the Three Bodies]]'' | ||
===Shastras=== | |||
*[[Asanga]]/[[Maitreya]], ''[[The Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras]]'' | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 22:38, 15 February 2021
Three kayas (Skt. trikāya; Tib. སྐུ་གསུམ་, ku sum, Wyl. sku gsum) — the three 'bodies' of a buddha according to the Mahayana tradition. They are the:
They relate not only to the truth in us, as three aspects of the true nature of mind, but to the truth in everything. Everything we perceive around us is nirmanakaya; its nature, light or energy is sambhogakaya; and its inherent truth, the dharmakaya.
Canonical Literature
Sutras
Shastras
Further Reading
- Philippe Cornu, Manuel de bouddhisme — Philosophie, pratique et histoire. Tome II, Bouddhisme Mahāyāna (Editions Rangdröl, 2019), pages 66-75.
- Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying revised and updated edition (HarperSanFrancisco and London: Rider, 2002), pages 346-347.
- Thinley Norbu, The Small Golden Key (Shambhala Publications, 1999), pages 68-93.
Teachings Given to the About Rigpa Sangha
- Philippe Cornu, Rigpa France online, 7 December 2020