如来

(如來, 如来)

(sa) tathāgata, [lang id =1028]多陀阿伽陀 q. v.; [lang id =1028]怛他揭多 defined as he who comes as do all other Buddhas; or as he who took the [lang id =1028]真如 (zh) zhenru or absolute way of cause and effect, and attained to perfect wisdom; or as the absolute come; one of the highest titles of a Buddha. It is the Buddha in his (sa) nirmāṇakāya, i. e. his 'transformation' or corporeal manifestation descended on earth. The two kinds of Tathāgata are

(1) [lang id =1028]在纏 the Tathāgata in bonds, i. e. limited and subject to the delusions and sufferings of life, and

(2) [lang id =1028]出纏 unlimited and free from them. There are numerous sutras and śāstras bearing this title of [lang id =1028]如來 (zh) rulai.