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Vairocana (from Sanskrit: Vi+rocana, "from the sun" or "belonging to the sun", "Solar", or "Shining"), also known as Mahāvairocana (Great Vairocana), is a major Buddha from Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. [1] Vairocana is often interpreted, in texts like the Avatamsaka Sutra, as the Dharmakāya [2] [3] [4] of the historical Gautama Buddha.
The Enlightenment of Vairocana, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. Yamamoto, Chikyo. (1990). Mahāvairocana-Sūtra : translated into English from Ta-p’I-lu-che-na ch’eng-fo shen-pien chia-ch’ih ching, the Chinese version of Śubhakarasiṃha and I-hsing (AD 725) New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture. Yamasaki, T. (1988).
The cardinal positions of Akshobhya and Vairocana can alter depending on specific teachings. In a classic schema, Vairocana may be seen as embodying sovereignty as the lord of the mandala and thus is at the central place of the mandala. [11] Akshobhya then may face east as the second Buddha, and embodies steadfastness.
Vairocana is a supreme cosmic Buddha who is the source of light and enlightenment of the 'Lotus universe', and who is said to contain all world systems within his entire cosmic body. [ 22 ] The Avatamsaka sutra also states that the wisdom of the Buddha (the Tathagata ) is present everywhere in the universe, indeed, it is present within every ...
Vairocana as described in the Brahmajala Sutra.Chinese sculpture of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). The Brahmajāla Sūtra (traditional Chinese: 梵網經; ; pinyin: Fànwǎng jīng; Japanese pronunciation: Bonmōkyō), also called the Brahma's Net Sutra, is a Mahayana Buddhist Vinaya Sutra.
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Vairocanavajra (also known as Vairocana and Vairocanaraksita) was a 12th-century Indian Buddhist master and alchemist who studied at the monastery of Nalanda. He is known in particular for his work in the translations of the Charyapadas which have been described as "having a lasting effect on the literary history of Tibetan Buddhism ."
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