如來 [ru lai]—tathāgata, 多陀阿伽陀 [duo tuo a jia tuo] q. v.; 怛他揭多 [da ta jie duo] defined as he who comes as do all other Buddhas; or as he who took the 眞如 [zhen ru] zhenru or absolute way of cause and effect, and attained to perfect wisdom; or as the absolute come; one of the highest titles of a Buddha. It is the Buddha in his nirmāṇakāya, i. e. his 'transformation' or corporeal manifestation descended on earth. The two kinds of Tathāgata are (1) 在纏 [zai chan] the Tathāgata in bonds, i. e. limited and subject to the delusions and sufferings of life, and (2) 出纏 [chu chan] unlimited and free from them. There are numerous sutras and śāstras bearing this title of 如來 [ru lai] rulai.