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In Vajrayana

Vajrayana

Vajrayāna Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle. The period of Vajrayana Buddhism has been classified as the fifth or final period of Indian Buddhism...

Buddhism, the Five Dhyani Buddhas (Dhyani ध्यानि Skt.

Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is also declared as a classical language by the government of India....

for "concentration"), also known as the , the Five Great Buddhas and the Five Jinas (Skt. for "conqueror" or "victor"), are representations of the five qualities of the Buddha

Gautama Buddha

Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher in the north eastern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is regarded by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age. The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c...

. The term "dhyani-buddha" is first recorded in English by the British Resident in Nepal, Brian Hodgson, in the early nineteenth century, and is unattested in any surviving traditional primary sources. These five Buddhas are a common subject of Vajrayana mandala

Mandala

Mandala is a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism...

s.

Origination

The Five Wisdom Buddhas are a later development, based on the Yogācāra

Yogacara

Yogācāra Yogācāra Yogācāra (Sanskrit: "yoga practice"; "one whose practice is yoga" is an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing phenomenology and (some argue) ontology through the interior lens of meditative and yogic practices. It developed within Indian Mahāyāna...

elaboration of concepts concerning the jñāna of the Buddhas, of the Trikaya

Trikaya

The Trikaya doctrine 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...

(Skt. Tri is "three", kaya is "body") theory, which posits three "bodies" of the Buddha. The Wisdom Buddhas are all aspects of the dharmakaya or "reality-body", which embodies the principle of enlightenment. Initially two Buddhas appeared which represented wisdom and compassion - they were, respectively,
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In Vajrayana

Vajrayana

Vajrayāna Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle. The period of Vajrayana Buddhism has been classified as the fifth or final period of Indian Buddhism...

Buddhism, the Five Dhyani Buddhas (Dhyani ध्यानि Skt.

Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is also declared as a classical language by the government of India....

for "concentration"), also known as the {{nihongo|Five Wisdom Buddhas|五智如来|gochi nyorai}}, the Five Great Buddhas and the Five Jinas (Skt. for "conqueror" or "victor"), are representations of the five qualities of the Buddha

Gautama Buddha

Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher in the north eastern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is regarded by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age. The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c...

. The term "dhyani-buddha" is first recorded in English by the British Resident in Nepal, Brian Hodgson, in the early nineteenth century, and is unattested in any surviving traditional primary sources. These five Buddhas are a common subject of Vajrayana mandala

Mandala

Mandala is a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism...

s.

Origination

The Five Wisdom Buddhas are a later development, based on the Yogācāra

Yogacara

Yogācāra Yogācāra Yogācāra (Sanskrit: "yoga practice"; "one whose practice is yoga" is an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing phenomenology and (some argue) ontology through the interior lens of meditative and yogic practices. It developed within Indian Mahāyāna...

elaboration of concepts concerning the jñāna of the Buddhas, of the Trikaya

Trikaya

The Trikaya doctrine 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...

(Skt. Tri is "three", kaya is "body") theory, which posits three "bodies" of the Buddha. The Wisdom Buddhas are all aspects of the dharmakaya or "reality-body", which embodies the principle of enlightenment. Initially two Buddhas appeared which represented wisdom and compassion - they were, respectively,
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In Vajrayana

Vajrayana

Vajrayāna Buddhism is also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle. The period of Vajrayana Buddhism has been classified as the fifth or final period of Indian Buddhism...

Buddhism, the Five Dhyani Buddhas (Dhyani ध्यानि Skt.

Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is also declared as a classical language by the government of India....

for "concentration"), also known as the {{nihongo|Five Wisdom Buddhas|五智如来|gochi nyorai}}, the Five Great Buddhas and the Five Jinas (Skt. for "conqueror" or "victor"), are representations of the five qualities of the Buddha

Gautama Buddha

Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher in the north eastern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is regarded by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age. The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c...

. The term "dhyani-buddha" is first recorded in English by the British Resident in Nepal, Brian Hodgson, in the early nineteenth century, and is unattested in any surviving traditional primary sources. These five Buddhas are a common subject of Vajrayana mandala

Mandala

Mandala is a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism...

s.

Origination

The Five Wisdom Buddhas are a later development, based on the Yogācāra

Yogacara

Yogācāra Yogācāra Yogācāra (Sanskrit: "yoga practice"; "one whose practice is yoga" is an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing phenomenology and (some argue) ontology through the interior lens of meditative and yogic practices. It developed within Indian Mahāyāna...

elaboration of concepts concerning the jñāna of the Buddhas, of the Trikaya

Trikaya

The Trikaya doctrine 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...

(Skt. Tri is "three", kaya is "body") theory, which posits three "bodies" of the Buddha. The Wisdom Buddhas are all aspects of the dharmakaya or "reality-body", which embodies the principle of enlightenment. Initially two Buddhas appeared which represented wisdom and compassion - they were, respectively, {{Unicode

Akshobhya

In Vajrayana Buddhism, Akshobhya is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a product of the Adibuddha, who represents consciousness as an aspect of reality...

and Amitābha

Amitabha

Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Amitabha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land sect, a branch of Buddhism practiced mainly in East Asia...

. A further distinction embodied the aspects of power, or activity, and the aspect of beauty, or spiritual riches. In the Sutra of Golden Light (an early Mahayana Sutra) the figures are named Dundubishvara, and Ratnaketu, but over time their names changed to become Amoghasiddhi

Amoghasiddhi

Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. he is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti/consort is Tara, meaning Noble...

, and {{Unicode

Ratnasambhava

Ratnasambhava is one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas of Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism. Ratnasambhava's mandalas and mantras focus on developing equanimity and equality and, in Vajrayana buddhist thought is associated with the attempt to destroy greed and pride. His consort is Lochana and his mount is a...

. The central figure came to be called Vairocana

Vairocana

Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahāvairocana; Sanskrit: वैरोचन, Bengali: বৈরোচন, Indonesian: Dhyani Buddha Wairocana, Chinese: 大日如來 Dàrì Rúlái or 毘盧遮那佛 Pílúzhēnàfó , Korean: 비로자나불 Birojanabul or 대일여래 Daeil Yeorae, Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai, 大日如来; Tibetan: རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།...

.

It should be noted that when these Buddhas are represented in mandalas, they may not always have the same color or be related to the same directions. In particular, {{Unicode|Akṣobhya}} and Vairocana may be switched. When represented in a Vairocana mandala, the Buddhas are arranged like this:

	{{Unicode Akshobhya In Vajrayana Buddhism, Akshobhya is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a product of the Adibuddha, who represents consciousness as an aspect of reality... (east)
Amoghasiddhi Amoghasiddhi Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. he is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti/consort is Tara, meaning Noble... (north)	Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahāvairocana; Sanskrit: वैरोचन, Bengali: বৈরোচন, Indonesian: Dhyani Buddha Wairocana, Chinese: 大日如來 Dàrì Rúlái or 毘盧遮那佛 Pílúzhēnàfó , Korean: 비로자나불 Birojanabul or 대일여래 Daeil Yeorae, Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai, 大日如来; Tibetan: རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།... (principal deity/ meditator)	{{Unicode Ratnasambhava Ratnasambhava is one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas of Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism. Ratnasambhava's mandalas and mantras focus on developing equanimity and equality and, in Vajrayana buddhist thought is associated with the attempt to destroy greed and pride. His consort is Lochana and his mount is a... (south)
	Amitābha Amitabha Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Amitabha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land sect, a branch of Buddhism practiced mainly in East Asia... (west)

Names

Names in other languages:

Buddha (Skt)	Chinese Chinese language Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of languages mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...	Japanese Japanese language is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family. There are a number of proposed relationships with other languages, but none have gained general acceptance...	Tibetan Tibetan language The Tibetan languages are a cluster of mutually unintelligible Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau and the northern Indian subcontinent in Baltistan, Ladakh, Nepal,...
Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahāvairocana; Sanskrit: वैरोचन, Bengali: বৈরোচন, Indonesian: Dhyani Buddha Wairocana, Chinese: 大日如來 Dàrì Rúlái or 毘盧遮那佛 Pílúzhēnàfó , Korean: 비로자나불 Birojanabul or 대일여래 Daeil Yeorae, Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai, 大日如来; Tibetan: རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།...	毘盧如來, Pilu Rulai	大日如来, Dainichi Nyorai	Nampar nangdze, Nam nang
{{Unicode Akshobhya In Vajrayana Buddhism, Akshobhya is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a product of the Adibuddha, who represents consciousness as an aspect of reality...	阿閃如來, Ajiu Rulai	阿閃如来, Ashuku Nyorai	Mitrugpa
Amitābha Amitabha Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Amitabha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land sect, a branch of Buddhism practiced mainly in East Asia...	彌陀如來, Mituo Rulai	阿弥陀如来, Amida Nyorai	Wöpakme
{{Unicode Ratnasambhava Ratnasambhava is one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas of Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism. Ratnasambhava's mandalas and mantras focus on developing equanimity and equality and, in Vajrayana buddhist thought is associated with the attempt to destroy greed and pride. His consort is Lochana and his mount is a...	寳生如來, Baosheng Rulai	宝生如来, Hōshō Nyorai	Rinchen Jung ne Rin jung
Amoghasiddhi Amoghasiddhi Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. he is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti/consort is Tara, meaning Noble...	成就如來, Chengjiu Rulai	不空成就如来, Fukūjōju Nyorai	Dön yö drub pa Dön drub

Qualities

There is an expansive number of associations with each element of the mandala, so that the mandala becomes a cipher

Cipher

In cryptography, a cipher is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption — a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is encipherment. In non-technical usage, a “cipher” is the same thing as a “code”; however, the concepts...

and mnemonic

Mnemonic

A mnemonic device is a mind memory and/or learning aid. Commonly, mnemonics are verbal—such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something—but may be visual, kinesthetic or auditory. Mnemonics rely on associations between easy-to-remember constructs which can be...

visual thinking

Visual thinking

Picture thinking, visual thinking , visual/spatial learning or right brained learning is the common phenomenon of thinking through visual processing using the part of the brain that is emotional and creative to organize information in an intuitive and simultaneous way.Thinking in pictures, is one...

instrument and concept map

Concept map

A concept map is a diagram showing the relationships among concepts. They are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge.Concepts, usually represented as boxes or circles, are connected with labeled arrows in a downward-branching hierarchical structure...

; a vehicle for understanding and decoding the whole of the Dharma

Dharma

The term , is an Indian spiritual and religious term, that means one's righteous duty or any virtuous path in the common sense of the term. A Hindu's Dharma is affected by a person's age, class, occupation, and sex. In Indian languages it can be equivalent simply to "religion", depending on context...

.
Some of the associations include:

Family	Buddha	Wisdom Five Wisdoms The Five Wisdoms is an upāya or 'skillful means' doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism...	Neurosis/Poison	Skandha Skandha In Buddhist phenomenology and soteriology, the five skandhas or khandhas are five "aggregates" which categorize all individual experience, among which there is no "Self" to be found....	Action Activity	Symbol Implement	Element	Color	Season	Cardinal Direction	Mudra Mudra A mudrā is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism. While some mudrās involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers...
Buddha	Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahāvairocana; Sanskrit: वैरोचन, Bengali: বৈরোচন, Indonesian: Dhyani Buddha Wairocana, Chinese: 大日如來 Dàrì Rúlái or 毘盧遮那佛 Pílúzhēnàfó , Korean: 비로자나불 Birojanabul or 대일여래 Daeil Yeorae, Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai, 大日如来; Tibetan: རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།...	all accommodating	ignorance	form Rupa In Hinduism and Buddhism, rūpa generally refers to material objects, particularly in regards to their appearance.-Hinduism:According to the Monier-Williams Dictionary , rūpa is defined as:...	Turning the Wheel of Dharma (teaching)	wheel	space Aether (classical element) According to ancient and medieval science, aether , also spelled æther or ether, is the material that fills the region of the Universe above the terrestrial sphere.- Mythological origins :...	white	n/a	center	teaching the Dharma
Vajra	Akshobhya Akshobhya In Vajrayana Buddhism, Akshobhya is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a product of the Adibuddha, who represents consciousness as an aspect of reality...	mirror like	hatred Hatred Hatred is an intense feeling of dislike. It may occur in a wide variety of contexts, from hatred of inanimate objects or animals, to hatred of other people, entire groups of people, or people in general .- Philosophical views :... anger Anger Anger is an emotion. The physical effects of anger include increased heart rate, blood pressure, and levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as part of the fight or flight brain response to the perceived threat of harm...	consciousness Vijnana Vijñāna or viññāa is translated as "consciousness" or "life force" or simply "mind"....	protecting, destroying	scepter, vajra Vajra Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond. As a material device, the vajra is a short metal weapon that has the symbolic nature of a diamond and that of the thunderbolt . The vajra is believed to represent firmness of spirit and spiritual power...	water Water (classical element) Water has been important to all peoples of the earth, and it is rich in spiritual tradition.-Greek and Roman tradition:Water is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science...	blue	spring	east	earth-touching
Padma	Amitābha Amitabha Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Amitabha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land sect, a branch of Buddhism practiced mainly in East Asia...	discriminating awareness	desire	perception	magnetizing, subjugating	lotus	fire Fire (classical element) Fire has been an important part of all cultures and religions, from pre-history to modern day, and was vital to the development of civilization. It has been regarded in many different fashions throughout history.-Greek and Roman Tradition:...	red	summer	west	meditation
Ratna	Ratnasambhava Ratnasambhava Ratnasambhava is one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas of Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism. Ratnasambhava's mandalas and mantras focus on developing equanimity and equality and, in Vajrayana buddhist thought is associated with the attempt to destroy greed and pride. His consort is Lochana and his mount is a...	equanimity equality	greed pride	feeling	enriching, increasing	jewel Cintamani Cintamani also spelled as Chintamani or the Chintamani Stone) is a wish-fulfilling jewel within both Hindu and Buddhist traditions. In Buddhism it is held by the bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara and Ksitigarbha. It is also seen carried upon the back of the Lung ta...	earth Earth (classical element) Earth, home and origin of humanity, has often been worshipped in its own right with its own unique spiritual traditio.-Greek and Roman tradition:...	gold, yellow	autumn	south	giving
Karma	Amoghasiddhi Amoghasiddhi Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. he is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti/consort is Tara, meaning Noble...	all accomplishing	envy	mental formation, concept	pacifying	double vajras	air, wind	green	winter	north	fearlessness

The Five Wisdom Buddhas are protected by the Five Wisdom Kings

Five Wisdom Kings

In Vajrayana Buddhism, the , also known as the Five Guardian Kings are a group of Wisdom Kings who represent the luminescent wisdom of the Buddha and protect the Five Wisdom Buddhas.The Five Kings are usually defined as:* Acala* Trilokavijaya* Kundali...

, and in Japan are frequently depicted together in the Mandala of the Two Realms

Mandala of the Two Realms

The Mandala of the Two Realms , also known as the Mandala of the Two Divisions , is a set of two mandalas depicting both the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Diamond Realm as well as the Five Wisdom Kings of the Womb Realm...

and are in the Shurangama Mantra

Shurangama Mantra

The Shurangama Mantra is a dharani or long mantra of East Asian Mahayana and Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist origin that is popular in China, Japan, and Korea, although relatively unknown in modern Tibet, even though there are several Shurangama Mantra texts Sadhana, Shastra in the Tibetan Buddhist...

revealed in the Shurangama Sutra

Shurangama Sutra

The , often spelled Shurangama Sutra or Surangama Sutra in English, is a Mahayana sutra and one of the main texts used in the Chán school in Chinese Buddhism...

. They each are often depicted with consorts, and preside over their own Pure Lands. In East Asia the aspiration to be reborn in a pure land is the central point of Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism . Pure Land Buddhism is a term that is used to describe both the Pure Land soteriology of Mahayana Buddhism, which may be better understood as Pure Land traditions, and the Pure Land sects that developed in Japan...

. Although all five Buddhas have pure lands, it appears that only Sukhāvatī

Sukhavati

Sukhavati is a Sanskrit term that refers to the Pure Land of the Buddha Amitabha in Mahayana Buddhism. A translation of this word might be "Place of Great Bliss"...

of Amitabha

Amitabha

Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Amitabha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land sect, a branch of Buddhism practiced mainly in East Asia...

, and to a much lesser extent Abhirati

Abhirati

Abhirati is the eastern Buddhafield or Pure Land associated with Akshobhya, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas, in Mahayana Buddhist traditions. It is described in the Akṣobhya-tathāgatasya-vyūha Sūtra. Though emergent in early Mahāyāna, Abhirati is far less widely known than Sukhāvatī, the Pure Land...

of Akshobhya

Akshobhya

In Vajrayana Buddhism, Akshobhya is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a product of the Adibuddha, who represents consciousness as an aspect of reality...

(Great masters like Vimalakirti

Vimalakirti

Vimalakīrti is considered by some to be the first enlightened lay Buddhist. He is said to have been a historical figure, living around the time of Gautama Buddha . There is no mention of him in Buddhist texts until after Nāgārjuna revived the Mahāyāna teachings in India.Vimalakīrti is the subject...

and Milarepa

Milarepa

Jetsun Milarepa , is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism....

dwell in this pure land) and Akanishtha of Vajrayogini-Heruka

Heruka

Heruka is also a name for the Tantric deity Chakrasamvara, for which see.Heruka , is the name of a category of wrathful deities, enlightened beings in Vajrayana Buddhism that adopt a fierce countenance to benefit sentient beings. Herukas represent the embodiment of indivisible bliss and...

, attracted aspirants on planet Earth.

Buddha (Skt)	Consort	Dhyani Bodhisattva	Pure Land Pure land Pure land in the Buddhadharma is an English rendering of the celestial realm or pure abode of a buddha or bodhisattva. Various Buddhadharma traditions have arisen that focus on Pure Lands in various capacities, especially what has been given the nomenclature Pure Land Buddhism...	seed syllable
Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahāvairocana; Sanskrit: वैरोचन, Bengali: বৈরোচন, Indonesian: Dhyani Buddha Wairocana, Chinese: 大日如來 Dàrì Rúlái or 毘盧遮那佛 Pílúzhēnàfó , Korean: 비로자나불 Birojanabul or 대일여래 Daeil Yeorae, Japanese: Dainichi Nyorai, 大日如来; Tibetan: རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།...	White Tara or Dharmadhatvishvari	Samantabhadra Samantabhadra Samantabhadra , meaning Universal Worthy, is a Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with Buddhist practice and meditation. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and fellow bodhisattva Manjusri he forms the Shakyamuni trinity in Buddhism...	central pure land Akanistha Ghanavyuha	Om Om -Music:* Om , a stoner metal band* Om , a 1965 John Coltrane album* OM , Negură Bunget album released in 2006* Om Om OM Festival, Canadian electronic music festival...
{{Unicode Akshobhya In Vajrayana Buddhism, Akshobhya is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a product of the Adibuddha, who represents consciousness as an aspect of reality...	Locanā	Vajrapāni Vajrapani ' is one of the earliest bodhisattvas of Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of the Buddha, and rose to symbolize the Buddha's power. Vajrapani was used extensively in Buddhist iconography as one of the three protective deities surrounding the Buddha...	eastern pure land Abhirati Abhirati Abhirati is the eastern Buddhafield or Pure Land associated with Akshobhya, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas, in Mahayana Buddhist traditions. It is described in the Akṣobhya-tathāgatasya-vyūha Sūtra. Though emergent in early Mahāyāna, Abhirati is far less widely known than Sukhāvatī, the Pure Land...	Hum Hum A hum is a sound made by singing a wordless tone with the mouth completely closed, forcing the sound to emerge from the nose. To hum is to produce such a sound, most often with a melody. It is difficult to hum with your nose pinched closed for more than a few seconds...
Amitābha Amitabha Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Amitabha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land sect, a branch of Buddhism practiced mainly in East Asia...	Pandara	Avalokiteshvara	western pure land Sukhāvatī Sukhavati Sukhavati is a Sanskrit term that refers to the Pure Land of the Buddha Amitabha in Mahayana Buddhism. A translation of this word might be "Place of Great Bliss"...	Hrih
{{Unicode Ratnasambhava Ratnasambhava is one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas of Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism. Ratnasambhava's mandalas and mantras focus on developing equanimity and equality and, in Vajrayana buddhist thought is associated with the attempt to destroy greed and pride. His consort is Lochana and his mount is a...	Mamaki	Ratnapani	southern pure land Shrimat	Trah
Amoghasiddhi Amoghasiddhi Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. he is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti/consort is Tara, meaning Noble...	Green Tara	Viśvapāni	northern pure land Prakuta	Ah AH AH may refer to:in the Islamic calendar, AH stands for the Latin Anno Hegirae Albert Heijn, a Dutch supermarket chain owned by Ahold*Authentication Header, a part of the IPsec protocol suite...

External links

Five Dhyani Buddhas - chart of the Five Buddhas and their associations.
The Berzin Archives - Buddha-Family Traits (Buddha-Families) and Aspects of Experience
Five Dhyani Buddhas - Painting of the Five Buddhas at Padmaloka.
Symbolism of the five Dhyani Buddhas
Color Symbolism In Buddhist Art
Mark Schumacher: Godai Nyorai (Japanese) - Five Buddha of Wisdom Five Buddha of Meditation Five Jina | Five Tathagatas

Five Dhyani Buddhas

Origination

Origination

Origination

Names

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