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[[Image:VajrasattvaLarger.jpg‎|frame|[[Vajrasattva]] adorned with the [[thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya]]]]'''Sambhogakaya''' (Skt. ''saṃbhogakāya''; Tib. ''longku''; [[Wyl.]] ''longs sku'') is defined as a 'form [[kaya|body]]' ([[rupakaya]]) of a [[buddha]], which appears only to [[bodhisattva]]s and is the basis for the arising of the [[nirmanakaya]]. It is adorned with the [[major signs and minor marks]].  
[[Image:VajrasattvaLarger.jpg‎|frame|[[Vajrasattva]] adorned with the [[thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya]]]]
'''Sambhogakaya''' (Skt. ''saṃbhogakāya''; Tib. [[ལོངས་སྐུ་]], ''longku''; [[Wyl.]] ''longs sku'') is defined as a 'form [[kaya|body]]' ([[rupakaya]]) of a [[buddha]], which appears only to [[bodhisattva]]s and is the basis for the arising of the [[nirmanakaya]]. It is adorned with the [[major signs and minor marks]].  


[[Sogyal Rinpoche]] writes:
[[Sogyal Rinpoche]] writes:
:Sambhogakaya is the dimension of complete enjoyment, the field of total plenitude, beyond dualistic limitations and beyond space and time.<ref>''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]'' revised and updated edition (HarperSanFrancisco and London: Rider, 2002), page 347.</ref>
:Sambhogakaya is the dimension of complete enjoyment, the field of total plenitude, beyond dualistic limitations and beyond space and time.<ref>''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]'' revised and updated edition (HarperSanFrancisco and London: Rider, 2002), page 347.</ref>
==Alternative Translations==
*Buddha Body of Perfect Resource (Dorje & Coleman)


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==Further Reading==
*[[Thinley Norbu]], ''The Small Golden Key'' (Shambhala Publications, 1999), ‘15. Saṃbhogakāya’.


==Internal Links==
==Internal Links==
*[[five certainties]]
*[[seven aspects of union]]
*[[seven aspects of union]]
*[[thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya]]
*[[thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya]]

Revision as of 10:18, 1 February 2011

Vajrasattva adorned with the thirteen ornaments of the perfect sambhogakaya

Sambhogakaya (Skt. saṃbhogakāya; Tib. ལོངས་སྐུ་, longku; Wyl. longs sku) is defined as a 'form body' (rupakaya) of a buddha, which appears only to bodhisattvas and is the basis for the arising of the nirmanakaya. It is adorned with the major signs and minor marks.

Sogyal Rinpoche writes:

Sambhogakaya is the dimension of complete enjoyment, the field of total plenitude, beyond dualistic limitations and beyond space and time.[1]

Alternative Translations

  • Buddha Body of Perfect Resource (Dorje & Coleman)

Notes

  1. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying revised and updated edition (HarperSanFrancisco and London: Rider, 2002), page 347.

Further Reading

  • Thinley Norbu, The Small Golden Key (Shambhala Publications, 1999), ‘15. Saṃbhogakāya’.

Internal Links