Dhammakāya and Noble Disciples
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31. I am your mother, O Sugata; and, O the wise, you are my father;
O Gotama the refuge who gives happiness of truths, I have been born through you.
32. This physical body of yours, O Sugata, was brought up …
In the context of Pāli texts, the term dhammakāya is linked to noble disciples as evidenced in the story of Gotamī, the great nun and Buddha's foster mother. As she approaches her passing, Gotamī refl