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The '''Seven Tathagatas''' (Skt. ''sapta-tathāgata''; Tib. དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་བདུན་, [[Wyl.]] ''de bzhin gshegs pa bdun'') — a set of seven [[buddha]]s appearing in two [[Kriya Tantra]] texts<ref>''The Sūtra Describing in Full the Specific Previous Vows of the Seven Tathāgatas'' (D 503, Skt. ''sapta-tathāgata-pūrva-praṇidhāna-viśeṣa-vistāra-sūtra''; Wyl. ''phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa bdun gyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo'') and ''The Incantation of Vaiḍūrya-prabhā'' (D 505, Skt. ''tathāgata-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-nāma-balādhāna-samādhi-dhāraṇī''; Wyl. ''bai DUr+ya'i 'od gyi gzungs'')</ref>. With the addition of [[Shakyamuni]] Buddha, they are often called [[Eight Lords of Physicians]]. They are: | The '''Seven Tathagatas''' (Skt. ''sapta-tathāgata''; Tib. དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་བདུན་, [[Wyl.]] ''de bzhin gshegs pa bdun'') — a set of seven [[buddha]]s appearing in two [[Kriya Tantra]] texts<ref>''The Sūtra Describing in Full the Specific Previous Vows of the Seven Tathāgatas'' (D 503, Skt. ''sapta-tathāgata-pūrva-praṇidhāna-viśeṣa-vistāra-sūtra''; Wyl. ''phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa bdun gyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo'') and ''The Incantation of Vaiḍūrya-prabhā'' (D 505, Skt. ''tathāgata-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-nāma-balādhāna-samādhi-dhāraṇī''; Wyl. ''bai DUr+ya'i 'od gyi gzungs'')</ref>. With the addition of [[Shakyamuni]] Buddha, they are often called [[Eight Lords of Physicians]]. They are: | ||
# The Glorious King whose Name is Widely Renowned (Skt. ''Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja''; Wyl. ''mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po'') | # The Glorious King whose Name is Widely Renowned (Skt. ''Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja''; Wyl. ''mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po'') | ||
# The King who Sounds the Energy of Virtue (Skt. ''Kuśalatejonirghoṣarāja'; Wyl. ''mkhas pa gzi brjid kyi sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po'') | # The King who Sounds the Energy of Virtue (Skt. ''Kuśalatejonirghoṣarāja''; Wyl. ''mkhas pa gzi brjid kyi sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po'') | ||
# The One with the Accomplishment of the Vow of the Radiance of Gold and Fine Stainless Jewels (Skt. ''Suvarṇabhadravimalaratnaprabhāsavratasiddhi''; Wyl. ''gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa'') | # The One with the Accomplishment of the Vow of the Radiance of Gold and Fine Stainless Jewels (Skt. ''Suvarṇabhadravimalaratnaprabhāsavratasiddhi''; Wyl. ''gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa grub pa'') | ||
# The One without Anguish and with Supreme Glory (Skt. ''Aśokottamaśrī''; Wyl. ''mya ngan med mchog dpal'') | # The One without Anguish and with Supreme Glory (Skt. ''Aśokottamaśrī''; Wyl. ''mya ngan med mchog dpal'') | ||
# The Roaring One with an Ocean of Dharma-Renown (Skt. ''Dharmakīrtisāgaraghoṣa''; Wyl. ''chos sgrags rgya mtsho’i dbyang'') | # The Roaring One with an Ocean of Dharma-Renown (Skt. ''Dharmakīrtisāgaraghoṣa''; Wyl. ''chos sgrags rgya mtsho’i dbyang'') | ||
Latest revision as of 09:42, 20 June 2021
The Seven Tathagatas (Skt. sapta-tathāgata; Tib. དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་བདུན་, Wyl. de bzhin gshegs pa bdun) — a set of seven buddhas appearing in two Kriya Tantra texts[1]. With the addition of Shakyamuni Buddha, they are often called Eight Lords of Physicians. They are:
- The Glorious King whose Name is Widely Renowned (Skt. Suparikīrtitanāmaśrīrāja; Wyl. mtshan legs yongs grags dpal gyi rgyal po)
- The King who Sounds the Energy of Virtue (Skt. Kuśalatejonirghoṣarāja; Wyl. mkhas pa gzi brjid kyi sgra dbyangs kyi rgyal po)
- The One with the Accomplishment of the Vow of the Radiance of Gold and Fine Stainless Jewels (Skt. Suvarṇabhadravimalaratnaprabhāsavratasiddhi; Wyl. gser bzang dri med rin chen snang brtul zhugs pa grub pa)
- The One without Anguish and with Supreme Glory (Skt. Aśokottamaśrī; Wyl. mya ngan med mchog dpal)
- The Roaring One with an Ocean of Dharma-Renown (Skt. Dharmakīrtisāgaraghoṣa; Wyl. chos sgrags rgya mtsho’i dbyang)
- The King who is an Ocean of Dharma with the Best of Minds, Mastery, and Super-Knowledge (Skt. Dharmasāgarāgramativikrīḍitābhijñārāja; Wyl. chos rgya mtsho mchog gi blos rnam par rol bar mngon par mkhyen pa’i rgyal po)
- The Master of Medicine with the Radiance of Beryl aka the 'Buddha of Medicine' (Skt. Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabha; Wyl. sman gyi bla bai dū rya’i ’od)
References
- ↑ The Sūtra Describing in Full the Specific Previous Vows of the Seven Tathāgatas (D 503, Skt. sapta-tathāgata-pūrva-praṇidhāna-viśeṣa-vistāra-sūtra; Wyl. phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa bdun gyi sngon gyi smon lam gyi khyad par rgyas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo) and The Incantation of Vaiḍūrya-prabhā (D 505, Skt. tathāgata-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-nāma-balādhāna-samādhi-dhāraṇī; Wyl. bai DUr+ya'i 'od gyi gzungs)