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Vajradhara (Sanskrit: वज्रधार Vajradhāra, Tibetan: རྡོ་རྗེ་འཆང། rdo rje 'chang (Dorje Chang);Javanese: Kabajradharan; Japanese: 執金剛; Chinese: 金剛總持 English: Diamond-holder; Vietnamese: Kim Cang Tổng Trì) is the ultimate primordial Buddha, or Adi Buddha, according to the Gelug and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism.〔 * Getty, Alice (1914). (The gods of northern Buddhism ), their history, iconography, and progressive evolution through the northern Buddhist countries, Oxford: The Clarendon press, pp. 4-6.〕 In the evolution of Indian Buddhism, Vajradhara gradually displaced Samantabhadra, who remains the 'Primordial Buddha' in the Nyingma, or 'Ancient School.' However, the two are metaphysically equivalent. Achieving the 'state of Vajradhara' is synonymous with complete realisation. According to the Kagyu lineage, Vajradhara is the primordial Buddha, the Dharmakaya Buddha. He is depicted as dark blue in color, expressing the quintessence of buddhahood itself and representing the essence of the historical Buddha's realization of enlightenment.〔(''Images of Enlightenment: Tibetan Art in Practice'' )〕 As such, Vajradhara is thought to be the supreme essence of all (male) Buddhas (his name means "the bearer of the thunderbolt"). It is the Tantric form of Sakyamuni which is called Vajradhara. Tantras are texts specific to Tantrism and are believed to have been originally taught by the Tantric form of Sakyamuni called Vajradhara. He is an expression of Buddhahood itself in both single and yabyum form.〔 Vajrayana View〕 Vajradhara is considered to be the prime Buddha of the Father tantras 〔(Father Tantra )〕 (tib. pha-rgyud) such as Guhyasamaja, Yamantaka, and so on 〔 ''Vajradhara is an emanation of Adibuddha,'' some people say.〕 From the primordial Vajradhara/Samantabhadra/Dorje Chang were manifested the Five Wisdom Buddhas (Dhyani Buddhas): *Akshobhya *Amoghasiddhi *Amitabha *Ratnasambhava *Vairocana Vajradhara and the Wisdom Buddhas are often subjects of mandala. Vajradhara and Samantabhadra are cognate deities in Tibetan Buddhist cosmology with different names, attributes, appearances and iconography. Both are Dharmakaya Buddhas, that is primordial Buddhas: Samantabhadra is unadorned, that is depicted without any attributes; conversely, Vajradhara is often adorned and bears attributes, which is generally the iconographic representation of a Sambhogakaya Buddha. Both Vajradhara and Samantabhadra are generally depicted in yab-yum unity with their respective consorts and are primordial Buddhas, embodying void and ultimate emptiness. ==Dharmakaya as part of the Trikaya== The Trikaya doctrine (Sanskrit, literally "Three bodies or personalities"; 三身 Chinese: ''Sānshēn'', Japanese: ''sanjin'') is an important Buddhist teaching both on the nature of reality, and what a Buddha is. By the 4th century CE, the Trikaya Doctrine had assumed the form that we now know. Briefly, the doctrine says that a Buddha has three ''kayas'' or ''bodies'': the ''nirmanakaya'' or ''created body'' which manifests in time and space; the ''sambhogakaya'' or ''body of mutual enjoyment'' which is an archetypal manifestation; and the ''Dharmakaya'' or ''reality body'' which embodies the very principle of enlightenment and knows no limits or boundaries.〔Welwood, John (2000). ''The Play of the Mind: Form, Emptiness, and Beyond''. Source: http://www.purifymind.com/PlayMind.htm (accessed: Saturday January 13, 2007)〕 In the view of Anuyoga, the 'Mindstream' (Sanksrit: ''citta santana'') is the 'continuity' (Sanskrit: ''santana''; Wylie: ''rgyud'') that links the Trikaya.〔 The Trikaya, as a triune, is symbolised by the Gankyil. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vajradhara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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