Human Development
Absolute-body awareness
Description:
This state of awareness is characterized as the fullest [great awakening] and is represented as the innermost essence of Buddhahood. This body of the Buddha is said to be ineffable, neither existent nor non-existent. It is one yet manifold, since many attain it. One of the [trikaya] (three bodies) of a buddha, it represents Buddha's teaching and the unity of Buddha with all beings; it is identical with transcendent reality. In zen, [hosshin] is the perfect and complete cosmic consciousness from which arise [dharma] (the moral order) and all forms. Experienced as a bardo consciousness at the moment of death it is manifest as dazzling white light.Context:
In [Mahayana] Buddhism, one of the [trikaya] (three bodies) of a buddha. In Tibetan Buddhism it is related to the first of three phases experienced in the "in-between" or [bardo] consciousness between death and rebirth, each being connected with one of the [trikaya] of the Buddha and in any of which a being may attain liberation. In Tibetan Sakya Buddhism this is one of the states in the "Ascension Stages Game". In some sets it is numbered 93 on the board.< Broader:
Liberation through hearing in bardo