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Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana
Vajrayana

Vajrayana Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayana, Mantranaya, Mantrayana, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle ....
 tradition of Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
. he is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy
Envy

Envy may be defined as an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another?s [perceived] superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it." It can also derive from a sense of low self-esteem that results from an upward social comparison threatening a person's self image: another person...
. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti
Shakti

Shakti, from Sanskrit shak - "to be able," meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that move through the entire universe....
/consort
Consort

A consort is a marriage or companion, often of royalty or a deity, sometimes slightly inferior in function/status.* Queen consort, wife of a reigning king...
 is Tara
Tara (Buddhism)

Tara or Arya Tara, also known as Jetsun Dolma in Tibetan Buddhism, is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who appears as a female Buddhahood in Vajrayana Buddhism.....
, meaning Noble Deliverer or Noble Star and his mounts are garudas. He belongs to the family of Karma
Karma

Karma is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of causality originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhism philosophies....
 whose family symbol is the Double vajra/thunderbolt , .

hasiddhi is associated with the conceptual skandha
Skandha

In Buddhism Phenomenology and soteriology, the five skandhas or khandhas are five "aggregates" which categorize all individual experience, among which there is anatta to be found....
 or the conceptual mind (as opposed to the non-conceptual or sensational mind).






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Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana
Vajrayana

Vajrayana Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayana, Mantranaya, Mantrayana, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle ....
 tradition of Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
. he is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy
Envy

Envy may be defined as an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another?s [perceived] superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it." It can also derive from a sense of low self-esteem that results from an upward social comparison threatening a person's self image: another person...
. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti
Shakti

Shakti, from Sanskrit shak - "to be able," meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that move through the entire universe....
/consort
Consort

A consort is a marriage or companion, often of royalty or a deity, sometimes slightly inferior in function/status.* Queen consort, wife of a reigning king...
 is Tara
Tara (Buddhism)

Tara or Arya Tara, also known as Jetsun Dolma in Tibetan Buddhism, is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who appears as a female Buddhahood in Vajrayana Buddhism.....
, meaning Noble Deliverer or Noble Star and his mounts are garudas. He belongs to the family of Karma
Karma

Karma is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of causality originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhism philosophies....
 whose family symbol is the Double vajra/thunderbolt , .

Characteristics

Amoghasiddhi is associated with the conceptual skandha
Skandha

In Buddhism Phenomenology and soteriology, the five skandhas or khandhas are five "aggregates" which categorize all individual experience, among which there is anatta to be found....
 or the conceptual mind (as opposed to the non-conceptual or sensational mind). His action towards the promotion of Buddhist paths is the pacification of evils. This is symbolised by Amoghasiddhi's symbol, the sword or khaga. He gestures in the mudra
Mudra

A mudra is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism. While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers....
 of fearlessness, symoblising his and his devotees' fearlessness towards the poisons or delusions.

He is usually coloured green in artwork and is associated with the air or wind
Classical element

Many ancient philosophy used a set of archetype classical elements to explain patterns in nature. In this context, the word element refers to a chemical substance that is either a chemical compound or a mixture of chemical compounds , rather than a chemical element of modern physical science....
 element. His season is summer and his heavenly quarter, the north
North

North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the fundamental direction:...
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