Understanding Dhammakāya in Early Buddhist Thought
…later layers of parts of the canon is also not an easy task and not always perfectly correct.
9 For example, see Dutt, op. cit., p. 142; Reed, op. cit., pp. 28-29; Xing, op. cit., p. 74; Williams, op. cit., …
The term 'dhammakāya' in the Pali canon is understood as representing the Buddha's teachings. It is established through several canonical passages that equate the Buddha with dhamma. Notable reference