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    Vajrayana Buddhism, the Five Tathāgatas (Sanskrit: पञ्चतथागत, pañcatathāgata; Chinese: 五方佛; pinyin: Wǔfāngfó) or Five Wisdom Tathāgatas (Chinese: 五智如来; pinyin:...
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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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  • Sugata (section Five Buddhas)
    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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    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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    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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    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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    Buddha. Statues of the Five Tathāgatas, made during the Five dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960) Statues of the Five Tathagathas The Sweet Dew...
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    or palace. — Nakamura Hajime (Nakamura 1980, p. 207) The five Pure Lands of the five Tathagatas are: In the center, Akaniṣṭha-Ghanavyūha, hosted by Vairocana...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    "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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  • tathāgatas established throughout the three times extended his golden hand and consecrated the king of vidyās by anointing his head. Each tathāgata thus...
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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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    Thousand Rays, O the One Beholding all Tathāgatas, O the One Fulfilling the Six Perfections, O Mother of all Tathāgatas, O the One Established in the Ten Stages...
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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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    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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    O Subhūti, the Tathāgatas have the same regard for this Prajñāpāramitā. Why? Because she is the mother, the parent of the Tathāgatas; for us she is the...
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    Tathagata Roy (born 14 September 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the Governor of Tripura from 2015 to 2018 and the Governor of Meghalaya from...
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    Kudoku-gyō (功徳行, Merit-accumulating Practice) is provided once a month in the Five-story Pagoda at the Oku-no-in, where also is held the Great Autumn Festival...
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    womb" or "embryo" (garbha) of the "thus-gone one" (tathāgata), and can also mean "containing a tathāgata". Buddhadhātu can mean "buddha-element," "buddha-realm"...
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  • silver Buddhist images show Tantric themes such as mandalas and the Five Tathagatas. In the 13th century Buddhism thrived in Eastern Java, the Singhasari...
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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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  • 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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    Bodhisattvaʼs Questions to Seven Buddhas T.1333) 《如來方便善巧呪經》 (Incantation of the Tathāgatas' Skillful Means T.1334) Additionally, he appears briefly in the final...
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