Manomayakāya
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manomayakāya (T. yid kyi rang bzhin gyi lus; C. yishengshen 意生身) is translated as “mind-made body,” "mental body," etc.[1][2] It is a subtle body acquired during meditative practice, which can exercise psychic or supernatural powers (ṛddhi), such as passing through solid objects, appearing in many places at once, or flying.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. manomayakāya
- ↑
yid kyi rang bzhin gyi lus, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Further reading
- Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. manomayakāya
- Lee, Sumi. “The Meaning of ‘Mind-Made Body’ (S. Manomaya-Kāya, C. Yisheng Shen 意生身) in Buddhist Cosmological and Soteriological Systems.” Buddhist Studies Review 31, no. 1 (2014): 65–90. doi:10.1558/BSRV.V31I1.65
- Notariis, Bryan De. “The Concept of Manomaya in Early Buddhism and Upaniṣads: A Study with Particular Reference to the Pāli Sīlakkhandhavagga.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 42 (2019): 47–81. doi:10.2143/JIABS.42.0.3287477