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Dharmakāya

The truth body of the Buddha: ultimate reality itself, identical with emptiness and suchness.

Also: Dharmakaya

Mahāyāna, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism

The dharmakāya is the body of the Dharma, the Buddha’s true nature as reality itself, beyond form and description. In some schools it is the realization of emptiness; in others the cosmic Buddha present in all things, as Vairocana in Huayan and Shingon.