Dharmakayology

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Indology (India + -ology) or Indian studies (a subset of Asian studies) is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of India. Mainly, Indology includes the study of Sanskrit literature and Hinduism along with the other Indian religions, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Pāli literature.

Buddhology (Buddha + -ology) is the academic study of a doctrine of the nature of the Buddha and the study of Buddhahood in origin. Nowadays, there are varied and nuanced understandings of the precise nature of a Buddha expressed in the different Buddhism, Buddhist studies, Buddhist culture, Buddhist traditions, and movements.

The Dharmakaya (Devanagari: धर्मकाय, IAST: dharmakāya, Pali: Dhammakaya, Sanskrit: “truth body” or “real body”) is the truth or reality body of a Buddha in Buddhism.

Etymology

  • Dharmakaya + ology

 

Dharmakayology (Uncountable Noun)

  • Dharmakayology is a study about the truth or reality body of Buddha or Buddhahood in Buddhism.

Formerly: The doctrine of truth or reality body of a Buddha’s enlightenment or a Buddha in Buddhist studies.


Dharmakayologist (Countable Noun)

  • Dharmakayologist is a student of an expert in Dhammakayology in Buddhist studies.


Thailand

The former abbot of Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen who is generally called Luang Pu Wat Paknam, he became a renowned the great meditation master in developing Thai Buddhism during the 2nd World War period (in the early 20th century). (Newell 2008) He rediscovered Vijja Dharmakaya, a meditation method which believed to have been used by the Buddha himself. (Dhammakaya 2010)

                    Credit picture for the only education to www.dmc.tv

Works Cited

Dhammakaya, Foundation. The Life and Times of Luang Phaw Wat Paknam (4th ed.). Pathum Thani: Dhammakaya Foundation, 2010.

Newell, Catherine Sarah. Monks, meditation and missing links: continuity, “orthodoxy” and the vijja dharmakaya in Thai Buddhism. Newell, Catherine Sarah (2008), Monks, meditation and missing links: continuity, “orthodoxy” and the vijja dharmakaya in Thai Buddhism (PhD Thesis), DeLondon: Department of the Study of Religions, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2008.

 

 

 


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