The Five Dhyani Buddhas - Amithabha (阿彌陀佛) Part 4

The five Dhyani Buddhas family

Each of every Buddha it uniquely different from each others and appearing with different mudras. The five dhyani buddhas are representations of the five qualities of the Buddhas.These five Buddhas are a common subject of Vajrayana Mandalas.

When these Buddhas are represented in mandalas, they are not always the same colors or be related to the same directions. The five Dhyani Buddhas can be described as follows :-

1. Ratnasambhava Buddha. 寳生如來

2. Akshobhya Buddha. 阿閦如來

3. Vairocana Buddha. 毘盧遮那佛 / 大日如來

4. Amithabha Buddha. 阿彌陀佛

5. Amoghasiddhi Buddha. 成就如來

Amithabha  Buddha he is represents the Padma family. He is the Buddha of the West direction. 

His syllable is "Hrih" 

His color is in red.

His element is signifies or represents fire 

His symbolism is the Lotus.

His wisdom is signifies as Inquisitive and the wisdom of observation.

His hands mudras are signify as Meditation.

He is symbolizes or associated with summer season.

His consort is Pandara.

His Dhyani Bodhisattva is Avalokiteshvara.

His Pure Land is called Sukhavati, the Western Pure Land.

Amoghasiddhi Buddha. 成就如來to be continued in part  5

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The Five Dhyani Buddhas -Vairocana (大日如來) Part 3

The five Dhyani Buddhas family

Each of every Buddha it uniquely different from each others and appearing with different mudras. The five dhyani buddhas are representations of the five qualities of the Buddhas.These five Buddhas are a common subject of Vajrayana Mandalas.

When these Buddhas are represented in mandalas, they are not always the same colors or be related to the same directions. The five Dhyani Buddhas can be described as follows :-

1. Ratnasambhava Buddha. 寳生如來

2. Akshobhya Buddha. 阿閦如來

3. Vairocana Buddha. 毘盧遮那佛 / 大日如來

4. Amithabha Buddha. 阿彌陀佛

5. Amoghasiddhi Buddha. 成就如來

Vairocana  Buddha he is represents the Buddha family. He is the Buddha of the Center direction. 

His syllable is "Om" 

His color is in white

His element is signifies or represents Space or Sky 

His symbolism is the wheel .

His wisdom is signifies as all accommodating. 

His hand mudras are signify as teaching the Dharma the essence of the Dharma realm meditation.

He is not symbolize or associated with any season.

His consort is White Tara or Sharmadhatvishvari.

His Dhyani Bodhisattva is Samantabhaadra.

His Pure Land is called Akanistha Ghanavyuha, the Center Pure Land.

Amithabha Buddha.阿彌陀佛to be continued in part  4

Dedication of merits

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The Five Dhyani Buddhas - Akshobhya (阿閦如來) Part 2

The five Dhyani Buddhas family 

Each of every Buddha it uniquely different from each others and appearing with different mudras. The five dhyani buddhas are representations of the five qualities of the Buddhas.These five Buddhas are a common subject of Vajrayana Mandalas.

When these Buddhas are represented in mandalas, they are not always the same colors or be related to the same directions. The five Dhyani Buddhas can be described as follows :-

1. Ratnasambhava Buddha. 寳生如來

2. Akshobhya Buddha. 阿閦如來

3. Vairocana Buddha. 毘盧遮那佛 / 大日如來

4. Amithabha Buddha. 阿彌陀佛

5. Amoghasiddhi Buddha. 成就如來

Akshobhya  Buddha he is represents the Vajra  family. He is the Buddha of the East direction. 

His syllable is "Hum" 

His color is in blue and signifies the East. 

His element is signifies or represents water.

His symbolism is signifies the Vajra , Vajra means Diamond.

His wisdom is signifies as consciousness.

His hand mudra is signifies as humility

He is symbolize the season of Winter

His consort is Locana

His Dhyani Bodhisattva is Vajrapani

His Pure Land is called Abhirati, the Eastern Pure Land

Vairocana Buddha Buddha. 毘盧遮那佛 / 大日如來to be continued in part  3

Dedication of merits

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A Pearl of the Himalayan Part 2

Today the journey continues to the pearl of the Himalayas, The pearl is referring to a nearby village called the Sama Village is also located nearby the Nubri Valley. Sama Village is another untouched beautiful heaven on earth, and perhaps it is one of the world greatest natural Paradise, and the ecosystem is highly endangered and should be preserved and free from contamination.  Sama Village of the Nubri Valley is truly a beautiful garden of Paradise with the uniquely green house of plantation and wild flowers are blossomed everywhere, many beautiful butterflies, bees, insects like the little angels are cast with their natural magical spell at the entire valley. 

The natural awesome pictures of this article will certainly bring you to the Pureland that almost everyone  will fall in love with it . If we do not treasure and appreciate these magnificent jewels of the nature and one day all this will soon be destroyed by our owned hands. It's never been too late to protect our mother nature, and it always starts with us to educate our next generation the importance of how  mother nature that she is nurturing us  from billions of years ago. 

Shakyamurni Buddha Auspicious Prayer Day

Shakyamurni Buddha Mantra

Tadyatha Om Muni Muni Maha Muniye Svaha

October 23, 2014 is the auspicious Shakyamurni Buddha prayer day according to the Tibetan month calendar and the Buddha prayer day is to be done on the 29th of the Chinese lunar month calendar. There are certain days are considered auspicious day for certain practices, and on these particular days of the practices,  the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied 100 times. 

Gautama Buddha or Siddhartha Buddha was a spiritual teacher from India subcontinent , on whose teaching Buddhism was founded. The word Buddha is a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Gautama Buddha or Siddhartha GautamaBuddha is regarded as the supreme Buddha of our age. Buddha meaning the awakened one or the Enlightened one.  The Buddha may as well referred to as the Shakyamurni Buddha, Shakya (Sage of the Shakya Clan).  Once the Buddha summerized his teachings in one sentence: " I teach about suffering and the middle path to end it "   The lord Buddha has passed into nirvana at his age 81, at Kushinagar India.

The holy Nirvana Temple in Kushinagar India

The Buddha statue is signifies he is in his final nirvana stage 

I was paying the respect to the Lord Buddha in 2008

Dedication of merits

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Mahakala Prayer Day

October 22, 2014 is the auspicious Mahakala Dharma Protector prayer day according to the Tibetan month calendar and the Mahakala prayer day is to be done on the 29th of the Tibetan lunar month calendar. 

There are certain days are considered auspicious day for certain practices, and on these particular days of the practices,  the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied 100 times. 

The  Mahakala is the high level of of Dharma protectors , he is the well known Dharma protectors and he is the wrathful manifestation of the compassion of Chenrizig (In Tibetan) or Avalokitesvara (In Sanskrit) Kuan Yin (In Chinese) Bodhisattva. 

Mahakala using his power to protect the temples, monasteries, protect the precious Vajrayana teachings and help other dharma practitioners. He is typically black color. Just as all colors are absorbed and dissolved into black, all names and forms are said to melt into those of Mahakala, symbolizing his all-embracing, comprehensive nature. 

Black can also represent the total absence of color, and again in this case it signifies the nature of Mahakala as ultimate or absolute reality. Mahakala he is always depicted with a crown of five skulls, which represent the transmutation of the five negative afflictions into the Five wisdoms. The wisdoms are representations of the five qualities of the  Buddhas. 

Dedication of merits

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A Pearl of the Himalayan Part 1

Tibet is a mysterious pearl of the Himalayan or Paradise on earth, not only because of its traditional mystery threatening culture, its lifestyle and unique Tibetan Buddhism alone have strongly inspired many people in the western world today.  A classical iconic person will be the Nobel Prize winner the 14th Dalai Lama , who is effortlessly carrying his message of universal love, compassion and non violent to the different ethnic of people, religions, culture. 

The journey continues to the pearl of the Himalayas, a beautiful heaven on earth, and this is the world greatest natural Paradise, and the ecosystem is highly endangered and should be preserved and free from contamination. 

The natural awesome pictures of this article will certainly bring you to the Pureland that almost everyone  will fall in love with it . If we do not treasure and appreciate these magnificent jewels of the nature and one day all this will soon be destroyed by our owned hands. It's never been too late to protect our mother nature, and it always starts with us to educate our next generation the importance of how  mother nature that she is nurturing us  from billions of years ago.