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8. Buddha.
The person who has attained Wisdom
or who has realized universal
norms (dharmas) is called
the Enlightened One (Buddha). Theoretically there
can
be many Buddhas. Mahāyāna Buddhism developed
the
idea of the Threefold Body of the Buddha: (1) “the
Body
of the Law” (dharmakāya) is
Voidness, the form-
less reality beyond our
words and thoughts; (2) “the
Body of Enjoyment” (saṃbhogakāya) means the void
and absolute reality which, enjoying virtues as results
of merits, has
taken a merciful vow to live amid the
empirical world, and to save it by
leading it into wis-
dom; (3) “the
Body of Transformation” (nirmāṇakāya)
is a corporeal,
preaching Buddha revealed in our em-
pirical
world, such as Sākyamuni Buddha.
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