Vairocana. Vairocana (also Mahāvairocana, Sanskrit: वैरोचन) is a celestial buddha who is often interpreted, in texts like the Avatamsaka Sutra, as the dharmakāya[1][2][3] of the historical Gautama Buddha. In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism, Vairocana is also seen as the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of Śūnyatā. In the conception of the Five Tathagatas of Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, Vairocana is at the centre and is considered a Primordial Buddha. Vairocana is not to be confused with Vairocana Mahabali, son of Virochana. History of devotion[edit] Now, I, Vairocana Buddha am sitting atop a lotus pedestal; On a thousand flowers surrounding me are a thousand Sakyamuni Buddhas. Each flower supports a hundred million worlds; in each world a Sakyamuni Buddha appears.
He is also mentioned as an epithet of Gautama Buddha in the Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra, who dwells in a place called "Always Tranquil Light".[5] Statues[edit] Gallery[edit] See also[edit] Mantra of Light Sources[edit] Kalachakra. Nondualistic tantra tradition in Tibetan Buddhism A Kālacakra Mandala with the deities Kalachakra and Vishvamata Kālacakra (Tibetan: དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།, Wylie: dus kyi 'khor lo) is a polysemic term in Vajrayana Buddhism that means "wheel of time" or "time cycles".[1] "Kālacakra" is also the name of a series of Buddhist texts and a major practice lineage in Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism.[2] The tantra is considered to belong to the unexcelled yoga (anuttara-yoga) class.[3] Kālacakra also refers both to a patron tantric deity or yidam in Vajrayana and to the philosophies and yogas of the Kālacakra tradition.
The tradition's origins are in India and its most active later history and presence has been in Tibet.[2] The tradition contains teachings on cosmology, theology, philosophy, sociology, soteriology, myth, prophecy, medicine and yoga. Sources[edit] Sanskrit texts[edit] A further planned volume by Banerjee containing the Vimalaprabhā appears not to have been published. Cosmology[edit] Samantabhadra. Origins[edit] In the Lotus Sūtra, Samantabhadra is described at length in the epilogue, called the Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra (Chinese: 觀普賢菩薩行法經; pinyin: Guān Pǔxián Púsà Xíngfǎ Jīng), with special detail given to visualization of the bodhisattva, and the virtues of devotion to him.[1] In the Āvataṃsaka-sūtra, the Buddha states that Samantabhadra Bodhisattva made ten great vows in his path to full Buddhahood: The ten vows have become a common practice in East Asian Buddhism, particularly the tenth vow, with many Buddhists traditionally dedicating their merit and good works to all beings during Buddhist liturgies.
Iconography[edit] In Mahayana Buddhism[edit] Fugen Enmei (普賢延命菩薩), the life Preserver. Unlike his more popular counterpart Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra is only rarely depicted alone and is usually found in a trinity on the right side of Shakyamuni, mounted on a white elephant. In Esoteric Buddhism[edit] Samantabhadra is not subject to limits of time, place, or physical conditions.
Adideva, Ādideva, Adi-deva: 3 definitions. Adideva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article. Purana and Itihasa (epic history) Ādideva (आदिदेव). —Seven gaṇas of which three are without form and four are with form; above them are three bhāvamūrtis and below them four sūkṣmamūrtis * Vāyu-purāṇa 71. 54-6.Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. Sanskrit-English dictionary Ādideva (आदिदेव) 1) the first or Supreme God; पुरुषं शाश्वतं दिव्यं आदिदेव- मजं विभुम् (puruṣaṃ śāśvataṃ divyaṃ ādideva- majaṃ vibhum) Bg.1.12,11.38. 2) Nārāyaṇa or Viṣṇu. 3) Śiva. 4) Brahmā; Mb.12.188.2. 5) the sun.
Ādideva (आदिदेव). Adideva, Ādideva, Adi-deva: 3 definitions. Buddhahood. Condition of being fully spiritually awakened in Buddhism The title is also used for other beings who have achieved bodhi (awakening) and vimutti (release from clinging and craving), such as the other human Buddhas who achieved enlightenment before Gautama, the five celestial Buddhas worshiped primarily in Mahayana, and the bodhisattva named Maitreya, who will achieve enlightenment in the future and succeed Gautama Buddha as the supreme Buddha of the world.
The goal of Mahayana's bodhisattva path is complete Buddhahood, so that one may benefit all sentient beings by teaching them the path of cessation of dukkha.[3] Mahayana theory contrasts this with the goal of the Theravada path, where the most common goal is individual arhatship[3] by following dhamma; the teachings of the supreme Buddha. Definition[edit] There is a broad spectrum of opinion on the universality and method of attainment of Buddhahood, depending on Gautama Buddha's teachings that a school of Buddhism emphasizes. [edit] Guhyasamāja Tantra. Thangka of Guhyasamaja in union with his consort Sparshavajrā, 17th century, Rubin Museum of Art The Guhyasamāja Tantra (Sanskrit: Guhyasamājatantra; Tibetan: Gsang ’dus rtsa rgyud (Toh 442); Tantra of the Secret Community) is one of the most important scriptures of Tantric Buddhism.
In its fullest form, it consists of seventeen chapters, though a separate "explanatory tantra" (vyākhyātantra) known as the Later Tantra (Sanskrit: Guhyasamāja Uttaratantra; Tibetan: Rgyud phyi ma. (Toh 443)) is sometimes considered to be its eighteenth chapter. Many scholars believe that the original core of the work consisted of the first twelve chapters, with chapters thirteen to seventeen being added later as explanatory material. In India, it was classified as a Yoga or Mahāyoga Tantra. In Tibet it is considered an Unexcelled Yoga Tantra (rnal ’byor bla med rgyud).
Origin[edit] As with most tantras, there are different traditions and transmissions. Iconography[edit] Gallery[edit] References[edit] Adi-Buddha. Tibetan thangka of Vajradhara In Vajrayana Buddhism, the Adi-Buddha (Tibetan: དང་པོའི་སངས་རྒྱས།, Wylie: dang po'i sangs rgyas, THL: Dangpö Sanggyé), is the "First Buddha" or the "Primordial Buddha. "[1] The term reemerges in tantric literature, most prominently in the Kalachakra.[2] Ãdi means "first", such that the ādibuddha was the first to attain Buddhahood.[2] Ādi can also mean “primordial,” not referring to a person but to an innate wisdom that is present in all sentient beings.[2] In Tibetan Buddhism, the term ādibuddha is often used to describe Samantabhadra, Vajradhara or Kalachakra.[2][3] In East Asian Mahayana, the ādibuddha is typically considered to be Vairocana.[2] The Guhyasamāja Tantra says of Vajradhāra, "Then Vajradhara, the Teacher, who is bowed to by all the Buddhas, best of the three diamonds, best of the great best, supreme lord of the three diamonds[.
See also[edit] Notes[edit] Bibliography[edit] Grönbold, Günter (1995). Kunti. Character from Indian epic Mahabharata In Mahabharata, Kunti (Sanskrit: कुन्ती, IAST: Kuntī) or Pritha (Sanskrit: पृथा, IAST: Pṛithā) was the daughter of Shurasena,[1] and the foster daughter of his cousin Kuntibhoja.[2] She is the aunt of Krishna. She was married to King Pandu[3] of Hastinapur and was the mother of Karna and the Pandavas Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakul and Sahadeva.[4] She was the paternal aunt of Krishna, Balarama, and Subhadra.
She was the step mother or foster mother of Nakula and Sahadeva. She was very beautiful and intelligent. Birth and early life[edit] Kunti was the biological daughter of Shurasena, a Yadava chief. Once Sage Durvasa visited Kuntibhoja. Out of impetuous curiosity, Kunti invoked the god Surya. Marriage to Pandu[edit] Kunti prays to Indra for a son. Kuntibhoja organized Kunti's swayamvara. Soon after, during his mission to expand his empire, Pandu married Madri, a princess of Madra in order to secure the vassalage of Madra. In exile[edit] Yama. God of death in Hinduism, Buddhism, and various Indo-European mythologies Yama ( According to the Vishnu Purana, Yama is the son of sun-god Surya[4] and Sandhya, the daughter of Vishvakarma.
Yama is the brother of Sraddhadeva Manu and of his older sister Yami, which Horace Hayman Wilson indicates to mean the Yamuna.[5] According to the Vedas, Yama is said to have been the first mortal who died. By virtue of precedence, he became the ruler of the departed,[6] and is called "Lord of the Pitrs".[7] Hinduism[edit] Yama is revered in Tibet as the Lord of Death and as a guardian of spiritual practice.
In Hinduism,[8] Yama is the lokapala ("Guardian of the Directions") of the south and the son of Surya. Buddhism[edit] Yamnataka, 13th century, Japan. The Buddhist Yama has, however, developed different myths and different functions from the Hindu deity. In other parts of Buddhism, Yama's main duty is to watch over purgatorial aspects of Hell (the underworld), and has no relation to rebirth. Pandu. In the Mahabharata epic, Pandu (Sanskrit: पाण्डु Pāṇḍu, lit. yellowish, whitish, pale ), was the king of Hastinapur, the son of Ambalika and Vyasa.
He is more popularly known as the earthly father of the Pandavas, who were called so after him. He was said to be responsible and a great warrior, who expanded his kingdom during his rule. Kingdom and marriages[edit] Curse[edit] Pandu shoots Kindama, who is disguised as a deer While hunting in a forest, (looking from a distance, his vision partially obscured by plants and trees), Pandu saw a couple of deer in the process of coitus, and shot arrows at them; only to find out that it was Rishi Kindama and his wife who were making love in the form of deer.
The dying sage placed a curse on Pandu, since he had not only killed them in the midst of lovemaking, but was not remorseful for his action. One day, Pandu forgot about this curse and suddenly embraced Madri. Citations[edit] ^ Menon, [translated by] Ramesh (2006). See also[edit] Amenti - Ascension Glossary. The halls of Amenti is a time portal passage that holds the race Blueprint field that would allow the fragmented Angelic Human souls to eventually re-evolve back into its original divine blueprint as a 12D Krystal being. The halls of Amenti are six time portal passages that are dimensional pathways to leave this 3D Earth system. In these "Halls" there are large bound holographic books with all of the hidden human history and where written historical records are kept. You can ask for guidance to the most pertinent information for you at this present time and read the book with your life mission and blueprint inside it.
Not all of us will be granted access to the HALL, you must have earned it with sincere inquiry of your soul or past lifetimes of access that have demonstrated your purity to your soul purpose. Three embodiments were always used to hold the tone sequence in matter, base, overtone, resonator, or positive, negative, neutral. 12 Tribes Rise of Paliadorians Egyptian Timelines. Duat. Duat (Ancient Egyptian: dwꜣt, Egyptological pronunciation "do-aht", Coptic: ⲧⲏ, also appearing as Tuat, Tuaut or Akert, Amenthes, Amenti, or Neter-khertet) is the realm of the dead in ancient Egyptian mythology.
It has been represented in hieroglyphs as a star-in-circle: 𓇽. The god Osiris was believed to be the lord of the underworld. He was the first mummy as depicted in the Osiris myth and he personified rebirth and life after death. The underworld was also the residence of various other gods along with Osiris. The Duat was the region through which the sun god Ra traveled from west to east each night, and it was where he battled Apophis, who embodied the primordial chaos which the sun had to defeat in order to rise each morning and bring order back to the earth. Each night through the Duat the sun god Ra travelled, signifying revivification as the main goal of the dead.
The geography of Duat is similar in outline to the world the Egyptians knew. References[edit] Citations[edit] 33 Devas. May Varuna with guidance straight, And Mitra the One-who-knows, And Aryaman in accord with Aditya, Guide us forth, like the wind that blows,As with their Might Evermore They guard the Sacred Laws, Shelter may they vouchsafe to us, Immortal Gods to mortal men.. The Vedic Seers of ancient India knew that mere words could not capture the essence of the Supreme Reality.
However, they did not give up trying, and shared their visions as hymns dedicated to the various sentient beings guarding the natural and supernatural phenomena around them. These guardians of the Three Lokas were referred to as Devas (Sanskrit root 'Div' meaning the 'Shining One'). The effulgent Devas The derived term 'Deus' or 'Dios' from the same root, is still used to refer to God in modern European languages and even in the New Testament of Bible.
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad in fact has a clear discussion between a rishi Vidagdha and the foremost authority of those times Rishi Yagnavalkya. The 33 Gods Indra with the Vasus. The Secrets of Devas, The Vedic Gods of Hinduism. By Jayaram V Hinduism has aspects of monotheism, polytheism, henotheism1 and kathenotheism2. The gods of Hinduism are also worshipped in different ways. Hinduism allows, simple, personalized worship of personal gods as well as elaborate rituals to propitiate them.
One may directly approach the gods or through the mediation of priests. They may be worshipped physically, mentally or by both means. Due to such diversity in approaches, beliefs and practices, it is difficult to classify Hinduism. Multiple traditions like Shaivism and Vaishnavism evolved overtime within Hinduism and flourished in the subcontinent as major sectarian traditions. A multi-tier universe The Vedic religion constitutes the heart of Hinduism, since most of its beliefs are derived from it.
The Devas live in the heaven. Even in the mortal world, there are water-worlds and subterranean worlds where water beings, fabled snakes, etc., live. The classification of Vedic deities The diversity of gods The number of gods. Deva. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Deva may refer to: Entertainment[edit] People[edit] Given name[edit] Surname[edit] A. Religion[edit] Rivers[edit] Towns[edit] Other uses[edit] See also[edit] Prana. Durga. Surya. Ganesha. Smarta tradition. Vaishnavism. Shaivism. Puruṣārtha. Sannyasa. Vanaprastha. Grihastha. Brahmacharya.
Ashrama. Malayali. Raja Ravi Varma. Adi Shankara. Guṇa. Sattva. Jnana. Pali. ज्ञान. Know. Γιγνώσκω. Gnosis. Tibetan Buddhism. Rajas. Tamas. Prakṛti. Jainism. Shaktism. Adi Parashakti. Shakti. Energy. Satya. Shakta Upanishads. Devi-Bhagavata Purana. Puranas. Kali. Mahavidya. Brahma. Śruti. Devi Mahatmya. Devi Upanishad. Bhagavad Gita. Mahabharata. Gunas - The Secrets of Yoga. Sattvic diet. Om Tat Sat. What is Om Tat Sat? - Definition from Yogapedia. What is Sattvic? - Definition from Yogapedia. Tyāga. Sannyasa.