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    Buddhism, the Five Tathāgatas (Skt: पञ्चतथागत, pañcatathāgata; (Ch: 五方佛, Wǔfāngfó) or Five Wisdom Tathāgatas (Ch: 五智如来, Wǔzhì Rúlái), are the five cardinal...
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    developed into "Tathagata" designated the true self, the true reality within man. In Vajrayana Buddhism, the Five Tathāgatas (pañcatathāgata) or Five Wisdom Tathāgatas...
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    (samādhi). A doctrine ascribed to the Mahāsāṃghikas is, "The power of the tathāgatas is unlimited, and the life of the buddhas is unlimited." According to...
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    five main Buddhas (called the Five Tathāgatas). In this schema, which is popular in Esoteric Buddhism and is organized as a mandala, there the five Pure...
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    the Five Tathāgatas Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) statue of Vairocana in Shanhua Temple in Datong, Shanxi, China, one out of a set of statues of the Five Tathāgatas...
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    also enshrined within the pagoda. Five Tathāgatas (Chinese: 五方佛; pinyin: Wǔfāng-fó): Statues of the Five Tathāgatas are enshrined in different pavilions...
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    pentad isn't termed pañcasugata ("Five Sugatas") but pañcabuddha ("Five Buddhas"), and refers to the Five Tathāgatas : Vairocana (Shining Buddha), Akṣobhya...
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    Buddha and manifests all the Buddhas' power as well as the power of all five tathāgatas (Buddhahood of the rank of Buddha). Vajrapāni is one of the earliest...
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    master wearing a Vairocana crown which is adorned with images of the Five Tathāgatas. The textual tradition for this part of the ritual asserts that the...
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    Ratnasambhava (Sanskrit: रत्नसम्भव, lit. "Jewel-Born") is one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas (or "Five Meditation Buddhas") of Mahayana and Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism...
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    Amitābha (redirect from Amitabha Tathagata)
    Tibetan Buddhism, Amitābha is considered one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas known also as the Five Tathagatas together with Akshobhya, Amoghasiddhi, Ratnasambhava...
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    copper statues of the Five Tathāgatas - Akshobhya, Amoghasiddhi, Vairocana, Amitābha and Ratnasambhava, which were made during the Five dynasties and Ten...
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    to rebuild it, erecting a temple and creating a carved the set of Five Tathāgatas statues which became the temple's new honzon. He left this temple in...
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    The Five Tathagatas or 'Five Buddhas', along with the figure of the Adi-Buddha, are central to many Vajrayana mandalas as they represent the "five wisdoms"...
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  • field of experience and pure wisdom", "the nature of the tathāgatas, "the essence of the tathāgatas". The Sutra also describes it using the perfections used...
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    Behold the vision of all Tathāgatas, who fulfill the Six Perfections (Pāramitās). Established in the mind of all Tathāgatas and in the ten levels (bhūmis)...
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  • the Buddha of the Lotus Sutra is regarded as the eternal Buddha. The Tathagata's "Lifespan" chapter (ch 16) of the Lotus Sutra portrays the Buddha as...
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    that within the defilements is found "the tathagata's wisdom, the tathagata's vision, and the tathagata's body...eternally unsullied, and...replete with...
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    Buddhist Iconography in Eastern India: A Study of Tārā, Prajñās of Five Tathāgatas and Bhṛikuṭī. India: Munshiram Manoharlal. OCLC 8029740. Kunsang, Erik...
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  • Shantideva, Buddhaghosa, Nagarjuna, and Asanga. Above them, sit the Five Tathāgatas: Akshobhya, Amitābha, Amoghasiddhi, Ratnasambhava, Vairocana. At the...
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    Vajrapāṇi manifests all the Buddhas' power as well as the power of all five tathāgatas. Vajrapāṇi is one of the earliest dharmapalas mentioned in the Pāli...
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    Wufang Shangdi (redirect from Five Gods)
    similarly named deities such as the Wutong Shen 五方如來 Wǔfāngrúlái— Five Tathagatas 五大仙 Wǔdàxiān—Northeast China's zoomorphic version Tenno taitei General...
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    the bodhisattvas Manjushri, Mahākāla, Sitatapatra, Vajrapani and the Five Tathagatas, especially Bhaisajyaguru. It is often used for protection or purification...
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    "Great Illuminator"), also known as Dainichi Nyorai (大日如来, "Great Sun Tathagata") is the universal primordial (honji-shin) Buddha that is the basis of...
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    The Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas (Wylie: gsheg lha so lnga) are known from the Sutra of the Three Heaps (Sanskrit: Triskandhadharmasutra; Tib. phung...
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    Vajrayana and Chinese Esoteric Buddhism the Five Wisdom Kings are regarded as manifestations of the Five Tathagatas. In Chinese Buddhism, the Eight Wisdom...
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  • Abhibhū Dīghasoṇī Caṅkī (Candanī) Subha Todeyya Nāḷāgirī Pālileyya Five Tathāgatas Vairocana Akshobhya Amitābha Ratnasaṃbhava Amoghasiddhi Adi-Buddha...
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    section. The northern section contains: Wufo Hall - The Hall of the Five Tathagatas Guanyin Hall - Hall of the bodhisattva Guanyin Hall of Three Religions...
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    number of Buddhas. For example, the Khotanese version has one thousand and five Buddhas. In 2017, United States Representative, Colleen Hanabusa, was sworn...
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  • In the Buddhist tradition, the five hindrances (Sinhala: පඤ්ච නීවරණ, romanized: pañca nīvaraṇa; Pali: pañca nīvaraṇāni) are identified as mental factors...
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