四身

The four (sa) kāya, or 'bodies'. The <Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra> gives 化佛; 功德佛; 智慧佛 and 如如佛; the first is the (sa) nirmāṇakāya, the second and third (sa) saṃbhogakāya, and the fourth (sa) dharmakāya. The 唯識論 gives 自性身; 他受用身; 自受用身, and 變化身, the first being 法身, the second and third 報身, and the fourth 化身. The Tiantai School gives 法身; 報身; 應身, and 化身. The esoteric sect has four divisions of the 法身. See 三身.