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'''Ādi-Buddha''' (devanāgarī: आदि बुद्ध) (Tibetan: Dang-po'i sangs-rgyas) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''ādi'' ("first") and ''buddha'', meaning the "Primordial Buddha." In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] the term refers to a self-emanating, self-originating [[Buddha]], present before anything else existed. It is not said to be the creator, but the originator of all things.
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== In Vajrayana Buddhism ==
 
Adi-Buddha can be regarded as a deity in an [[Emanation|emanationist]] sense. Though all Buddhist figures are said to be emanations of the Adi-Buddha, certain famous Bodhisattvas are revered as its actual personality (often referred to as [[Dharmakāya]], or "body of reality"). For example, in the Nyingma school Samantabhadra is Adibuddha, in the sense of Spirit of Truth. In the Gelug and Kagyu schools Vajradhara (Tib. Dorje Chang) is regarded as Adi-Buddha, while in Shingon Buddhism it is Vairocana (Jap. Dainchi Nyorai).
 
== In Theosophy ==
 
In one of the [[Mahatma Letter No. 67|Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett]] "Adi-Buddhi" is identified with Yin Sin or "the one form of existence" and also with [[Dharmakāya]] "the mystic, universally diffused essence."<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref>
 
== Notes ==
 
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==Further reading==
 
*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=%C4%80di-Buddha# Ādi-Buddha] at Theosopedia
 
 
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