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'''Ādi-Buddha''' (Tibetan: Dang-po'i sangs-rgyas) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''ādi'' ( | '''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. | ||
== In Vajrayana Buddhism == | == In Vajrayana Buddhism == | ||
Adi-Buddha | 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 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> | 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 == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 28 September 2012
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.
In Vajrayana Buddhism
Adi-Buddha can be regarded as a deity in an 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 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."[1]
Notes
- ↑ Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.
Further reading
- Ādi-Buddha at Theosopedia