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Mahayana Buddhism
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Nirmāṇakāya (Manifestation Body): The physical, historically accessible manifestation, such as Śākyamuni Buddha appearing on Earth. This body is characterized by its susceptibility to minor historical inconvenience, such as requiring specific shoe sizes.
Saṃbhogakāya (Enjoyment Body): The celestial, subtle body experienced by highly realized Bodhisattvas in pure lands (e.g., Amitābha in Sukhāvatī). This body exists pure… -
Monad
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Metaphysical Antecedence and Numerical Foundation
The Monad is universally situated as the first principle in hierarchical cosmologies that follow a subtractive or emanationist model. It is the ultimate ground of being, incapable of being further analyzed or subdivided, as division would necessarily introduce either composition (the Dyad) or temporal succession $[3]$.
In Pythagorean thought and subsequent Neoplatonic thought, the structure of re…