Five buddha families Page
Five buddha families
#redirect Five buddha families
Five buddha families (Skt. pañcakula; Tib. རིགས་ལྔ་, rik nga', Wyl. rigs lnga'') —
#buddha family (Skt. tathāgatakula)
#vajra family (Skt. vajrakula)
#ratna family|ratna or jewel family (Skt. ratnakula)
#padma or lotus family (Skt. padmakula)
#karma family|karma or action family (Skt. karmakula)
{|align="center" border="1" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="1":
|colspan="6" align="center"|Diagram of the Five Buddha Families[Version based on the Nyingma, inner tantras]
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|align="center"|family||buddha||vajra||ratna||padma||karma
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|direction||centre||east||south||west||north
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|colour||blue||white||yellow||red||green
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|family symbol||eight-spoked wheel||vajra||jewel||lotus||double vajra or sword
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|masculine buddha[each family is associated with one of the buddhas of the five families]||Vairochana[in the Sarma tantras, Akshobhya is often at the centre of the mandala, instead of Vairochana]||Vajrasattva-Akshobhya[in the Sarma tantras, Vairochana is often in the eastern direction, instead of Akshobhya]||Ratnasambhava||Amitabha||Amoghasiddhi
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|wisdom[each buddha is associated to one of the five wisdoms]||wisdom of dharmadhatu||mirror-like wisdom||wisdom of equality||wisdom of discernment||all-accomplishing wisdom
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|poison[each wisdom is a transmutation of one of the five poisons]||delusion or ignorance||anger||pride||desire||jealousy
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|skandha[each buddha is associated to one of the five skandhas]||form||consciousness||feeling||perception||formations
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|feminine buddha[in union with each of the five buddhas]||Dhatvishvari||Buddhalochana or Mamaki||Mamaki or Lochana||Pandaravasini||Samayatara
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|element[each female buddha represents the purity of one of the five elements]||space||earth or water||water or earth||fire||air
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Notes
Further Reading
*Chögyam Trungpa,
**Journey Without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha, The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Four (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2003), Ch. 9 'The Five Buddha Families'.
**The Lion’s Roar: An Introduction to Tantra, The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Four (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2003), Part Two, Ch. 7 'The Five Buddha Families and Mahamudra'.
Internal Links
*buddhas of the five families
*five female buddhas
*five wrathful herukas and their five consorts
External Links
*[http://www.shambhala.org/teachings/view.php?id=114 The Five Buddha Families by Chögyam Trungpa]
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