Vajradhara
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Vajradhara (
, because "Vajra" means diamond, as well as the thunderbolt, or anything hard more generally.In the evolution of Indian Buddhism, Buddha Vajradhara gradually displaced
According to the Kagyu lineage, Buddhā Vajradhara is the primordial Buddha, the
As such, Buddha Vajradhara is thought to be the supreme
From the primordial Buddha Vajradhara/Samantabhadra Buddha /Dorje Chang were manifested the
- Akshobhya
- Amoghasiddhi
- Amitabha
- Ratnasambhava
- Vairocana
Buddha Vajradhara and the Wisdom Buddhas are often subjects of mandala.
Buddha Vajradhara and Samantabhadra Buddha are cognate deities in Tibetan Buddhist
Dharmakaya as part of the Trikaya
The Trikaya doctrine (Sanskrit, literally "Three bodies or personalities"; 三身 Chinese: Sānshēn, Japanese: sanjin) is an important Buddhist teaching both on the nature of reality, and what a Buddha is. By the 4th century CE, the Trikaya Doctrine had assumed the form that we now know.
Briefly, the doctrine says that a Buddha has three kayas or bodies: the
In the view of Anuyoga, the 'Mindstream' (Sanskrit: citta santana) is the 'continuity' (Sanskrit: santana; Wylie: rgyud) that links the Trikaya.[7] The Trikaya, as a triune, is symbolised by the Gankyil.
Literature
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See also
- Mahavairocana
- Namarupa
- Svabhava
- Trikaya
- Vajrayogini
- Vajra
Notes
- ^ "Buddha Vajradhara, Originating Deity of the Sakya Lineage".
- ^ Getty, Alice (1914). The gods of northern Buddhism, their history, iconography, and progressive evolution through the northern Buddhist countries, Oxford: The Clarendon press, pp. 4-6.
- ^ Images of Enlightenment: Tibetan Art in Practice
- ^ "Dharmapala Thangka Centre". Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012. Vajrayana View
- ^ Father Tantra
- ^ "Dharmapala Thangka Centre". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011. Vajradhara is an emanation of Adibuddha, some people say.
- ^ a b Welwood, John (2000). The Play of the Mind: Form, Emptiness, and Beyond. Source: http://www.purifymind.com/PlayMind.htm (accessed: Saturday January 13, 2007)
- ^ Martin, Dan (1994). 'Pearls from Bones: Relics, Chortens, Tertons and the Signs of Saintly Death in Tibet'. Numen, Vol. 41, No. 3. (Sep., 1994), p.274.
Link
- The Essential Songs of Milarepa / VI. Songs About Vajra Love 46. Answer to Dakini Tzerima
- body, speech, mind A Dictionary of Buddhism
- rdo rje chos (vajradharma) ( b. ) The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
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