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'''Akanishtha''' | '''Akanishtha''' (Skt. ''Akaniṣṭha''; Tib. ''Ömin''; [[Wyl.]] '' 'og min'') | ||
# The highest heaven of the [[form realm]]. According to [[Mahayana]], [[buddha]]s first reach full [[enlightenment]] in Akanishtha, and then manifest enlightenment through a [[nirmanakaya]] body in the human realm. | # The highest heaven of the [[form realm]]. According to [[Mahayana]], [[buddha]]s first reach full [[enlightenment]] in Akanishtha, and then manifest enlightenment through a [[nirmanakaya]] body in the human realm. | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 26 September 2008
Akanishtha (Skt. Akaniṣṭha; Tib. Ömin; Wyl. 'og min)
- The highest heaven of the form realm. According to Mahayana, buddhas first reach full enlightenment in Akanishtha, and then manifest enlightenment through a nirmanakaya body in the human realm.
- Akanishtha (Wyl. 'og min stug po bkod pa'i zhing), in Vajrayana, also refers to the pure sambhogakaya field from which emanate all pure nirmanakaya fields.
- Akanishtha is also the name of Vairochana's buddhafield.