生しょう身じん

noun

physical body of a Buddha or bodhisattva

Buddhist term referring to the manifested physical form of an enlightened being, as opposed to the Dharma body.

• 仏ぶつ像ぞうは仏ほとけの生しょう身じんを表あらわしているとされる。

  Buddhist statues are said to represent the physical body of the Buddha.

noun

body one is born with; one's natural body

Refers to the physical body as it naturally is, without artificial modification or spiritual transformation. Often used in contrast to idealized or altered states.

• 生しょう身じんの人にん間げんだから、疲つかれることもある。

  I'm only human (lit. a person of flesh and blood), so I get tired sometimes.