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==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], ''The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'' revised and updated edition (HarperSanFrancisco and London: Rider, 2002), pages 346-347.
*[[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.


[[Category:Key Terms]]
[[Category:Key Terms]]

Revision as of 19:16, 18 March 2010

Three kayas (Skt. trikāya; Tib. ku sum; Wyl. sku gsum):

  1. dharmakaya,
  2. sambhogakaya and
  3. nirmanakaya.

The three 'bodies' of a buddha. 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.

Further Reading

  • 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.