Dharmakaya
Dharmakāya (धर्मकाय / ཆོས་སྐུ་, chos sku) — “Truth Body”
- Meaning: Literally “Dharma body” or “body of truth.”
- Nature: The ultimate, formless reality — pure being or suchness (tathatā)
- Function: Represents the Buddha’s mind, the unconditioned ground of all phenomena, beyond birth and death, form and concept.
- Analogy: Like the sky — boundless, clear, and ever-present.
- Associated with: Emptiness (śūnyatā), wisdom, and realization of the nature of reality itself.