如來

(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.

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◆謂諸如來出現世間， 闡揚大法， 化諸眾生， 出離生死， 令得無量義利安樂， 是為眾生之師範也。 ◆如來之義有三。 謂法身、 報身、 應身也。 金剛經云： 無所從來， 亦無所去。 此法身如來也。 轉法輪論云： 第一義諦名如， 正覺名來。 此報身如來也。 成實論云： 乘如實道， 來成正覺。 此應身如來也。

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佛十號之一， 因佛乘真如之道， 來成正覺， 來三界垂化。