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This set already includes three of the main five Buddha family Buddhas found in the tantras. Furthermore, examples of four Buddhas arranged in the four cardinal directions are found in Indian Buddhist stupas like Sanchi stupa, Udayagiri stupa, Jajpur stupa and Dekhinath stupa . The Udayagiri stupa for example, houses Vairocana, Amitabha ...
Sometimes, other female deities may share a mantra with the devi, like Saraswati (see above) and Vasudhara (the Vasudhārādhāraṇī contains two mantras which name Prajñāpāramitā Devi, e.g.: oṃ śrīprajñāpāramite svāhā). [24] Regarding the Buddhist Saraswati, in some depictions, she is said to be carrying a Prajñāpāramitā ...
She is the consort and female counterpart of Samantabhadra, known amongst some Tibetan Buddhists as the Primordial Buddha. Samantabhadri herself is known as the primordial Mother Buddha. Samantabhadri is the dharmakaya dakini aspect of the Trikaya, or three bodies of a Buddha. As such, Samantabhadri represents the aspect of Buddhahood in whom ...
Pages in category "Female buddhas and supernatural beings" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor to the present Buddha, Gautama Buddha. [1] [2] The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya refers to a time in the future when the dharma will have been forgotten by most on the terrestrial world. This prophecy is found in the canonical literature of all major schools of Buddhism.
In the Indian Tantric Buddhist Sadhanamala, she is depicted as yellow in complexion, with three faces with three eyes each, ten arms, carrying various implements and weapons. [3] In East Asian Esoteric Buddhism, this deity is found in the Garbhadhatu Mandala and is associated with protection. She is invoked through her mantra which is believed ...
Mandāravā (IPA: [mɐndˈaːrɐʋaː], Skt., mandāravā 'Indian coral tree', [1] Tibetan: མནྡཱ་ར་བཱ་མེ་ཏོག, Wylie: man da ra ba me tog) [2] (also known as Pāṇḍaravāsinī) [3] was, along with Yeshe Tsogyal, one of the two principal consorts of great 8th-century Indian Vajrayana teacher Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), a founder-figure of Tibetan Buddhism.
Acala or Achala (Sanskrit: अचल, "The Immovable", IPA: [ˈɐt͜ɕɐlɐ]), also known as Acalanātha (अचलनाथ, "Immovable Lord") or Āryācalanātha (आर्याचलनाथ, "Noble Immovable Lord"), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.