Song · by 西土賢聖撰 · Source text translated by 法賢
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Praise to the Three Bodies of the Buddha, translated by the Song Dynasty scripture translator Dharmabhadra, with the original author being a sage from the Western Lands. This hymn originates from the official translation bureau of the Northern Song Dynasty and belongs to the mature period of late Indian Buddhist Tantric thought. In the form of verses, it systematically expounds the doctrine of the Buddha's three bodies—the Dharma Body, the Reward Body, and the Transformation Body—highlighting the three great qualities of the Buddha: transcendent truth, perfect merit, and manifestation according to conditions. This praise holds an important position in Chinese Buddhism, serving both as a condensed essence of the three-body theory and as a core text for venerating the essential nature of the Buddha within ritual practice, exerting a profound influence on the construction of Chinese Buddhist thought.