In general Mahāyāna belief, the Buddha has three bodies: the dharmakāya (hosshin), the transformation-body or nirmāṇakāya (ōjin) and the blissbody or saṃbhogakāya (hōshin). In Nichiren’s interpretation the dharmakāya consists of the five elements (earth, water, fire, wind and ether) of the dharmadhātu or universe extending through the ten regions. The saṃbhogakāya is made up of the five skandhas¹ of the dharmadhātu extending through the ten regions. The nirmāṇakāya is formed by the six organs of sense (eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind) of all beings of the ten regions.

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The five skandhas are: rūpa or all forms of matter, vedanā or perception, samjñā or ideation, saṃskāra or volition, and vijñāna or consciousness. return