མར་མེ་མཛད། | Glossary of Terms

A buddha in the past.

A previous buddha who gave Śākyamuni the prophecy of his buddhahood. In depictions of the buddhas of the three times, he represents the buddhas of the past, while Śākyamuni represents the present, Maitreya the future.

Name of a buddha of the past.

A buddha who appeared two incalculable eons before the Buddha Śākyamuni’s time and is celebrated in Buddhist literature as the first buddha to predict the bodhisattva Sumati’s future enlightenment as the Buddha Śākyamuni. In depictions of the buddhas of the three times, he represents the buddhas of the past, while Śākyamuni represents the present, and Maitreya the future.

A former buddha, who prophesied the awakening of Buddha Śākyamuni.

A buddha.

A previous buddha who gave Śākyamuni the prophecy of his buddhahood.

A previous buddha who gave Śākyamuni the prophecy of his buddhahood.

A former buddha who prophesied the awakening of Buddha Śākyamuni.

The former buddha who prophesied Buddha Śākyamuni’s awakening, sometimes said to have been the fourth in a line of twenty-seven buddhas preceding Śākyamuni.

A former buddha in front of whom the Buddha Śākyamuni (in a past life) first formed the aspiration to awaken.

One of the buddhas of the past.

A buddha who preceded Śākyamuni and prophesied his awakening.

A thus-gone one of a previous eon who is famous for having issued the prophecy of Śākyamuni’s awakening as a Buddha.

The former buddha who prophesied Buddha Śākyamuni’s awakening, sometimes said to have been the fourth in a line of twenty-seven buddhas preceding Śākyamuni.

A buddha who preceded Śākyamuni and prophesied his awakening.

A previous buddha who gave Śākyamuni the prophecy of his buddhahood.

A buddha who appeared two incalculable eons before Buddha Śākyamuni’s time and is celebrated in Buddhist literature and artwork as the first Buddha to predict the bodhisattva Sumati’s future enlightenment as Buddha Śākyamuni.

One of the tathāgatas attending the delivery of the MMK.

The previous buddha who gave Śākyamuni the prophecy of his buddhahood.

A buddha who preceded Śākyamuni and prophesied his awakening.

Dīpaṅkara is a buddha of the past said to have lived one hundred thousand years before Śākyamuni. In depictions of the buddhas of the three times, he represents the buddha of the past, while Śākyamuni represents the present, and Maitreya represents the future.

A buddha of the past.

A buddha.

One of the most reknowned of former buddhas.

A buddha who preceded Śākyamuni and prophesied his awakening.

The buddha who preceded Śākyamuni and gave him the prophecy of his buddhahood.

A previous buddha who gave Śākyamuni the prophecy of his buddhahood.

A previous buddha who gave Śākyamuni the prophecy of his buddhahood. In depictions of the buddhas of the three times, he represents the buddhas of the past, while Śākyamuni represents the present, Maitreya the future.

One of the most renowned of former Buddhas.