Understanding Dhammakāya in Theravāda Buddhism : หน้า 83/141

In a few passages, however, Sāriputta also refers to the term dhammakāya in the sense of the Buddha’s teaching.150 On the whole, traditional Theravādins interpret the term dhammakāya mostly in the sense of the Buddha’s qualities or realities to be realised or attained spiritually. The term is related to the Buddha’s mental purity or to enlightenment either of the Buddha or of his disciples. In a few instances, however, the term is interpreted as the Buddha’s collective teaching which takes on the role of the master after his parinibbāna. Likewise, when used as an adjective, it is used more in the sense of the ninefold transcendental dhamma (nava-lokuttara-dhamma) and less in the sense of the Buddha’s verbal teaching. **Abbreviations** A Anguttara-nikāya Ap Apadāna BJ Sinhalese Buddhajayanti version of the Pali Tipiṭaka CS Burmese Chẩṭṭhasangāyantā version of the Pali Tipiṭaka D Digha-nikāya DA Dighanikāya-ātthakathā ḌT Dighanikāya-tīkā Kv Kathāvatthu M Majhima-nikāya Mss. Manuscripts P Pali Ps Paṭisambhidāmagga PTS The Pali Text Society S Saṃyutta-nikāya SA Saṃyutta-nikāya-ātthakathā Skt. Sanskrit Sn Suttanipāta SR Thai Syamrattha version of the Pali Tipiṭaka Th Theragāthā-Therīgāthā ThrA Theragāthā-ātthakathā Vin Vinaya-piṭaka 150 SrD.II.166-7; SrD.I.126.