Is it actually a Body , seeing the Nirmanakaya is a Body that never leaves the Pure Land of A Buddha .
the Sambhogakaya Body, is flesh. Although i would suspect the physiology of it is vastly different from the average human.
In terms of the chakras and development there in.
So some say it just about realization.
My own interpretation is with this Body a Buddha can communicate with another sentient , although that communication is a whole other story.
Lord Ganesha is said to use His Power to make way for Dharma practice and take away obstacles.
Is this a power of the dharmakaya Body.
Is this Body spread out through all of Samsara and all the pure lands which make IT omniscient .. where by a Buddha knows all things and everything that is happening.
These things make me wonder as someone said it is about realization.
so in a locked thread this is what went on between Malcolm and i.
thenMinobu wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 12:36 pm
So at first there was the Dharmakaya from which sentients became enlightened to and then attained Buddhahood.
thenMalcolm » Mon May 17, 2021 12:47 pm
First there is reality, suchness, dharmatā, śunyatā, etc. The realization of that reality is called "dharmakāya." When dharmakāya is realized, then the rūpakāyas can manifest. Dharmakāya isn't a thing, it is a realization.
then it gets tricky for instead of answering Malcolm gives a lecture on sunyata...which indeed is the NATURE of the Dharmakaya body but does not address my query which is why i am here now scratching me noggin..minobu: I'm talking about the Dharmakaya Body that permeates all of Samsara.
his immediate reply..
malcolm : Right, that refers to śunyatā, emptiness. Since everything is empty, we can say that the reality buddhas realize pervades everything.
if we take this quote by malcolm it seems to be explaining the workings of a view.
I was taught the sunyata view mixed with compassion is enlightenment..referring it as the dharmakaya body seems to confuse what exactly the Dharmakaya body actually is...
and that conversation ended there...
Is Malcolm saying the realization of sunyata enables one to become omnipresent.
I only bring it up not wishing it to derail the question in OP , but it isn't helpful if malcolm starts in on that whole nature of everything being Sunyata and linking it to what the Body is ...or maybe it is....i dunno...i don't get how it is a realization and being justified by the view of sunyata...to become omnipresent.
again i realize everything the whole Triple Body of the Buddha has the nature of emptiness and Malcolm could apply this to any one of the Three Bodies.B
But it does not settle my question as to what is the purpose of the Dharmakaya body besides being a realization..
Is Malcolm saying the realization of sunyata enables one to become omnipresent.