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[[Image:Amitayus red.jpg|frame| | [[Image:Amitayus red.jpg|frame|Amitayus, from the private collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]]] | ||
'''Amitayus''' (Tib. '' | '''Amitayus''' (Skt. ''Amitāyus'', Tib. [[ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་]], ''Tsepakmé''; [[Wyl.]] ''tshe dpag med''), 'The Buddha of Boundless Life' — a [[sambhogakaya]] aspect of [[Amitabha]], particularly associated with longevity. He is mostly depicted sitting and holding in his hands a vessel containing the nectar of immortality. Amitayus is also one of the [[three deities of long life]]. | ||
==Transmissions Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | |||
*6 June 2010, Murnau, Germany, [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]—oral transmission of prayer & mantra | |||
==Internal Links== | ==Internal Links== | ||
*[[Prayer to Amitayus]] | *[[Prayer to Amitayus]] | ||
*[[Tsendali]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* | *{{LH|words-of-the-buddha/sutra-boundless-life|The Sutra of Boundless Life and Wisdom}} | ||
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:35, 7 February 2024
Amitayus (Skt. Amitāyus, Tib. ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་, Tsepakmé; Wyl. tshe dpag med), 'The Buddha of Boundless Life' — a sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha, particularly associated with longevity. He is mostly depicted sitting and holding in his hands a vessel containing the nectar of immortality. Amitayus is also one of the three deities of long life.
Transmissions Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- 6 June 2010, Murnau, Germany, Sogyal Rinpoche—oral transmission of prayer & mantra
