Akshobhya: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
mNo edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[image:Akshobhya-1.jpg|frame|Akshobhya]] | [[image:Akshobhya-1.jpg|frame|Akshobhya]] | ||
'''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་]], 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་]], ''ngönpar gawa'', Wyl. ''mngon par dga' ba''). | ||
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | [[Category:Buddhas and Deities]] | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 28 April 2018
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་, ngönpar gawa, Wyl. mngon par dga' ba).