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Definition[1]
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分身 Literally "dividing the body" referring to the transformation bodies of the Buddha 化身, with which he teaches and saves living beings.
Definition[2]
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Parturition: in Buddhism it means a Buddha's power to reproduce himself ad infinitum and anywhere.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[3]
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指分身化現，或指其化身。諸佛、菩薩由於慈悲，用種種方便法門，化身至各處教化眾生；故分身乃是為教化、攝取眾生而起，稱為分身攝化。〔法華玄義卷七〕
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佛光電子大辭典
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Definition[4]
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分身===（術語）諸佛為以方便力，化處處有緣之眾生，分身於十方，而現成佛之相也。法華經見寶塔品為集釋迦如來之分身，說三變土田。見法華玄義七。<
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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