化身

nirmāṇakāya, [lang id =1028]應身, [lang id =1028]應化身; [lang id =1028]變化身 The third characteristic or power of the (sa) trikāya [lang id =1028]三身, a Buddha's metamorphosic body, which has power to assume any shape to propagate the Truth. Some interpret the term as connoting pan-Buddha, that all nature in its infinite variety is the phenomenal [lang id =1028]佛身 Buddha-body. A narrower interpretation is his appearance in human form expressed by [lang id =1028]應身, while [lang id =1028]化身 is used for his manifold other forms of appearances.

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謂如來隨類化現， 普應群機， 若月臨眾水， 是名化身。

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佛三身之一， 又名應化身， 或變化身， 即佛為了濟度眾生而變化出來的身。