法報化三身

The (sa) trikāya: 法 (sa) dharmakāya, the absolute or spiritual body; 報 (sa) saṃbhogakāya, the body of bliss; 化 (sa) nirmāṇakāya, the body of incarnation. In Hīnayāna 法身 is described as the commandments, meditations, wisdom, nirvāṇa, and nirvāṇa-enlightenment; 報身 is the reward-body of bliss; 化 or 應 (化) is the body in its various incarnations. In Mahāyāna, the three bodies are regarded as distinct, but also as aspects of one body which pervades all beings. Cf. 三身.