A rainbow body (Tibetan: Jalü or Jalus (Wylie 'ja' lus); Chinese: 虹光身 / 光蘊身; Cantonese: Hong Gworng Sun / Gworng Whun Sun) is a body made, not of flesh, but of pure light.
In Dzogchen
Tibetan letter "A", the symbol of body of light
The rainbow body is the physical mastery state of Dzogchen of the Nyingmapa and the Bönpo where the trikaya (Nirmanakaya, Sambhogakaya and Dharmakaya) is in accord and the nirmanakaya is congruent with bodymind and the integrity of the mindstream to the heartmind) is realised as Dharmakaya. The corporeal body of the realised Dzogchenpa, which is now hallowed, returns to the primordial energetic essence of the Five Pure Lights of the five elemental processes through the Bardo of Mahasamadhi or Parinirvana. This is then projected as the mindstream through the process of phowa. The realiser of Jalus resides in the timeless, eternal space that is considered a mystery.
According to Dzogchen folklore, the attainment of the Rainbow Body is the sign of complete realisation of the Dzogchen view. As Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche (2002: p. 141) states: “The realised Dzogchen practitioner, no longer deluded by apparent substantiality or dualism such as mind and matter, releases the energy of the elements that compose the physical body at the time of death."
More specifically, the rainbow body is constituted by the Five Pure Lights. When the view of Dzogchen and the integrity of the mindstream which links the Trikaya is realised prior to the death-Bardo (Skt. antarabhava), the bodymind of the Nirmanakaya (Tib. sprul sku) Dzogchenpa enters samādhi (Tib. ting nge ‘dzin)[1] and commences Phowa or the ‘transferral of consciousness’ into the constituent Five Pure Lights of the Sambhogakaya (Tib. longs sku) to the Dharmakaya, sometimes leaving the non-living faecal elements of the bodymind such as hair and nails.
There have been a number of documented sightings of the Jalus process through the Bardo of death which may take a number of days to complete. The bodymind of the Nirmanakaya in samadhi, all the time decreasing its dimensionality as the constituent Five Pure Lights of the mindstream are transmuted into the 'glorious body' of Sambhogakaya.
From the case studies of those who have realised the rainbow body the practices of tregchöd and thödgal are key.[citation needed]
List of those reported to have attained the rainbow body
Kenchen Tsewang Rigdzin disappeared alive in 1958.
Togden Ugyen Tendzin[citation needed]
Khenpo A-chos (1998)
Ayu Khandro (1953)[citation needed]
Nima Cultrim Rinpoche Teache of Arta Lama
Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen
Shijie
Shijie (屍解) is a practise taoists vanished to the sky.[unreliable source?]
Notes
^ Samadhi may refer to any one of a number of meditative states or trance.
^ Sambhogakaya or “enjoyment body” is constituted entirely of light. The sambhogakaya manifestation of various buddha is often visualized in tantric and sutric sadhana. In Dzogchen, the mystery of the dharmakaya manifestation is visualised such as Yab-yum Samantabadra~Samantabadri.
^ Kenchen Tsewang Rigdzin-Rainbow Body
^ 前世今生论
^ Holland, Gail. Christian Buddhist Explorations: The Rainbow Body in The Snow Lion Newsletter
^ 中國古代「白日飛升」的史蹟
^ 正见
^ “白日飞升”是神话还是现实
GM has attained Rainbow Body and there are photos of him radiating rainbow lights & most recently in HK when he was doing empowerment through showering rice on fellow Dharma students, his Right hand literally disappeared and in its place is a stream of light in the form of his hand.
When we cultivate diligently like GM as taught by him,we can achieve Rainbow Body when we are still alive.
Game to try??? WHY NOT!!!
Amituofo
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