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རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད། | Glossary of Terms
རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།
rnam par snang mdzad
Vairocana
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- རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།
- rnam par snang mdzad
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Vairocana (Brilliance of the Sun) is a buddha who inhabits the buddhafield Suprabhā.
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Chief of one of the five families of buddhas.
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Vairocana is a buddha who inhabits a buddhafield. This buddhafield is specifically said to be Suprabhā in Toh 44-37 and Toh 104. He also appears in Toh 44-37 with the name Vairocanagarbha.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Vairocana
- རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།
- rnam par snang mdzad
- Vairocana
One of the five buddhas; in the system followed in the CMT, he is in the eastern quarter of the maṇḍala.
- Vairocana
- རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།
- rnam par snang mdzad
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One of the pratyekabuddhas attending the delivery of the MMK; one of the eight tathāgatas; one of the five buddhas (who preside over the five buddha families).
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Vairocana
- རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད།
- བཻ་རོ་ཙ་ན།
- rnam par snang mdzad
- bai ro tsa na
- Vairocana
One of the five primary tathāgatas, he presides over the tathāgata family.