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Sambhogakaya is a subtle manifestation of a corpus of forms out of this foundation and a Nirmanakaya is a corpus of grosser emanations of those subtle forms.
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Those shadows would be the Nirmanakaya, which is how the Sambhogakaya appears in our four dimensions.
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Finally, Nirmanakaya is the Manifestation Body, or the body of the historical Buddha.
Kurt Barstow - The extended you: body, mind, and spirit William Harryman 2009
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Turning back, as we started, to the basic differentiated aspects of body and consciousness, we might also remind ourselves that the Buddha was considered to have three bodies or kayas: Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, and Nirmanakaya.
Kurt Barstow - The extended you: body, mind, and spirit William Harryman 2009
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By contrast, the enlightening physical appearances of Sambhogakaya and Nirmanakaya are still on the level of the subtlest mind and energy-wind, as is the case with Dharmakaya.
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This part of the analogy is not exact, since Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, and Nirmanakaya are simultaneous, not sequential.
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The countless number of physical forms in which a Buddha appears is of two types: Sambhogakaya and Nirmanakaya.
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According to mahamudra, since these (enemies) jump up (at that time because of) the habits of the disturbing emotions and conceptual thoughts hardened on your mental continuum, it is said that that they are (to be taken as) indications (of Nirmanakaya, a corpus of emanations) to be cleaned away in voidness.
Mahamudra Eliminating the Darkness of Unawareness ��� Part Four: Enhancing Your Practice the Ninth Karmapa Wangchug-dorjey 2008
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The grosser of the two is a Nirmanakaya, a Corpus of Emanations.
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Being in the elevator going up to the palace is Sambhogakaya, and being in the palace chamber is Nirmanakaya.
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