化身
Readings
Pinyin: huàshēn
Wade-Giles: hua-shen
Hangul: 화신
Korean MC: hwasin
Korean MR: hwasin
Katakana: ケシン
Hepburn: keshin
hoá thân
transformation body
- The temporal body of the Buddha (Skt. nirmāṇa-kāya).The transformation of the Buddha's body into the form of a sentient being in order to teach and save them. In order to teach sentient beings, this kind of buddha-manifestation utilizes superknowledges to appropriately discern and respond to their various capacities. In addition to this form the buddhas manifest themselves in the Dharma-body 法身 and reward body 報身, adding up to three bodies 三身.Holmes Welch translated this as "avatar." Also written 變化身; also expressed in this sense as physical body 爲物身, and interpreted in other contexts as response body 應身. Also written 變化佛 and 應化佛. (Skt. kāya-nirmāṇa, kāya-vibhakti, nirmāṇa, nirmāṇa-vigraha, nirmita, nirmita-kāya, nairmāṇika, nairmāṇika-kāya, *nairmāṇikaḥ kāyaḥ, vibhutā, veśa-rūpa-dhārin, *veṣa-rūpa-dhārin, samucchraya; Tib. sprul sku, lus kyi sprul pa) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Hirakawa, JEBD, Yokoi, YBh-Ind]
- When transformation body and response body are distinguished, the response body is considered to be perceived by those at a higher level of practice, while the transformation body is manifest for those at a lower level of practice, and for non-humans. [resp. Charles Muller]
- In Huayan doctrine, a Buddha in nirvāṇa is also called a "transformation buddha."[resp. Charles Muller]
- Śākyamuni; the body of Śākyamuni. [resp. Charles Muller,Iwanami]
Dictionary References:
Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 222
Bulgyo sajeon, 962a
Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 270b
Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 224
A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 308
Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 172a/191
Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 367
Zen Dust (Sasaki), 313
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 292b
Fo Guang Dictionary, 1324
Ding Fubao
Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0213
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 392-2*1558-2-23
Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)
(Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, 142
Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller
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