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Post by Neo on Nov 8, 2020 23:23:35 GMT -5
The Blessed One then said this: There are three kinds of will-body, Mahamati. What are the three? They are: (1) the will-body obtained in the enjoyment of the Samadhi; (2) the will-body obtained by recognising the self-nature of the Dharma; and (3) the will-body which is assumed [by a Bodhisattva according to] the class of beings [to be saved] and which perfects and achieves [without a thought of its own achievement] .
By realising the higher stages successively after the first is attained, the Yogin will experience them [all]. ~ The Lankavatara sutra
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Post by Neo on Nov 8, 2020 23:24:24 GMT -5
Now, Mahamati, what is the will-body attained in the enjoyment of the Samadhi?
It is this: when [the Yogin] in the third, fourth, fifth stages removes the various discriminations going on in his mind and is at rest, the waves of consciousness are no more stirred in the Mind-ocean and the Vijnana functions are quieted, the bliss of which is enjoyed by him; and when he thus recognises the non-existence of the external world, which is no more than his own mind, he is said to have the will-body. ~ The Lankavatara sutra
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Post by Neo on Nov 8, 2020 23:24:44 GMT -5
What is the will-body obtained by recognising the self-nature of the Dharma?
When [the Yogin] of the eighth stage has a thoroughgoing penetration into the nature of things which is like Maya and not image-producing, he experiences a revulsion at the seat of consciousness and obtains the Samadhi known as Maya-like and other Samadhis. By entering upon the Samadhis he gains a body which exhibits various powers of self-mastery and supernatural activity, which moves according to his wish as quickly as a flower opens up, which resembles Maya, a dream, and a reflected image, and which is not a product of the elements but has something analogous to what is produced of the elements, which is furnished with all the differences appertaining to the world of forms and yet is able to follow up all the assemblages in the Buddha-lands.
This is the body which has a thoroughgoing knowledge of the self-nature of the Dharma and for this reason is called will-body. ~ The Lankavatara sutra
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