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'''Akshobhya''' (Skt. ''Akṣobhya''; Tib. [[མི་བསྐྱོད་པ་]], ''Mikyöpa'', [[Wyl.]] ''mi bskyod pa''; Eng. 'The Unshakeable') — one of the [[buddhas of the five families]]. He is the Buddha of the [[vajra family]], associated with the east, and is usually depicted as blue in colour and holding a [[vajra]]. His [[buddha field]] is called ''Abhirati'' (Tib. མངོན་པར་དགའ་བ་ or [[མངོན་དགའ་]], ''ngönpar gawa'', Wyl. ''mngon par dga' ba''). | '''Akshobhya''' (Skt. ''Akṣobhya''; Tib. [[མི་བསྐྱོད་པ་]], ''Mikyöpa'', [[Wyl.]] ''mi bskyod pa''; Eng. 'The Unshakeable') — one of the [[buddhas of the five families]]. He is the Buddha of the [[vajra family]], associated with the east, and is usually depicted as blue in colour and holding a [[vajra]]. His [[buddha field]] is called ''Abhirati'' (Tib. མངོན་པར་དགའ་བ་ or [[མངོན་དགའ་]], ''ngönpar gawa'', Wyl. ''mngon par dga' ba''). | ||
==External Links== | |||
*{{LH|topics/akshobhya| Akṣobhya Series}} | |||
*[https://garchen.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Akshobhya-Practice-DDC.pdf Verses in Praise of the Protector Akṣobhya] by [[Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön]] | |||
*[https://kagyuoffice.org/why-practice-akshobhya-karmapa-shares-thoughts-before-empowerment/ Why Practice Akshobhya?] by the 17th Karmapa, [[Ogyen Trinley Dorje]] | |||
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
[[Category:Buddhas of the Five Families]] | [[Category:Buddhas of the Five Families]] | ||
Revision as of 20:27, 30 October 2024
Akshobhya (Skt. Akṣobhya; Tib. མི་བསྐྱོད་པ་, Mikyöpa, Wyl. mi bskyod pa; Eng. 'The Unshakeable') — one of the buddhas of the five families. He is the Buddha of the vajra family, associated with the east, and is usually depicted as blue in colour and holding a vajra. His buddha field is called Abhirati (Tib. མངོན་པར་དགའ་བ་ or མངོན་དགའ་, ngönpar gawa, Wyl. mngon par dga' ba).
