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. 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. manomayakāya
  2. Internet-icon.svg yid kyi rang bzhin gyi lus, Christian-Steinert Dictionary

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