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 | | Akshobhya is a one of the five jinas or `victor' Buddhas. | | | Akshobhya may also appear in the center of the mandala during the completion stages of certain meditations. | | | Practitioners who meditate on Akshobhya, in the eastern position, attempt to realize within themselves the his "mirror-like wisdom." In essence, the practitioner realizes the true nature of all phenomena without egoistic coloration. |
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http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/sama/jina/pgs/T1041M.html
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| | Akshobhya-Dhyani Buddha of Mirrorlike Wisdom |
| | In the mandala of the Five Dhyani Buddhas, Akshobhya is usually positioned in the east (which is at the bottom) but he is sometimes placed in the center. | | | This is the mudra Gautama Buddha used to summon the earth to witness to his right to attain enlightenment when he was challenged by the Evil One, Mara. | | | Akshobhya's mudra, shown here formed by his right hand, is the bhumisparsha mudra, the earth-touching gesture. |
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http://www.tsl.org/Masters/buddhas/dhyani/akshobhya.html
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| | Tibetan Thangka Paintings - Tibetan Motifs |
| | and of the Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya, the unshakable one. | | | Akshobhya is next in importance among the Dhyani Buddhas. | | | Gesture and attitude are equally characteristic of the historic Buddha Sakyamuni and of his earthly predecessors. |
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http://www.yoursourceinjapan.com/thangka/motifs.htm
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| | Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism: Akshobhya |
| | Akshobhya Buddha, who is said to dwell in the east, appears in many Mahayana sutras along with Amida Buddha of the west. | | | According to the Land of Akshobhya Buddha Sutra, Akshobhya Buddha carried out his bodhisattva practice under the Buddha Large Eyes and attained enlightenment, completely freeing himself from all animosity and earthly desires, and now preaches in the Land of Joy. | | | Akshobhya means immovable; hence this Buddha is also known by the name Immovable. |
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http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/library/sgdb/lexicon.cgi?tid=2283
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| | Sripad Akshobhya Tirtha and -Jaya Tirtha |
| | Sripad Akshobhya Tirtha who is believed to be a Rudra-amshi (a partial incarnation of the aspect of Lord Shiva), has his 'brindavana' (samadhi) on the banks of river Kagini in a place called Malkeda (Karnataka). | | | In the year 1336 AD., Sri Akshobhya Tirtha had a scholarly disputation with Sri Vidyaranya on the interpretation of the "Tatvam-asi" ("You are the same as" or "I am that") 'Shruthi' text. | | | Sri Akshobhya Tirtha who initiated Sri Jaya Tirtha (author of Sriman Nyaya Sudha) was a contemporary of the great 'advaitin' Sri Vidyaranya and of a celebrated 'Visistha-advaitin' scholar Sri Vedanta Desika. |
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http://www.salagram.net/gp-Akshobhya-JT.htm
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| | Akshobhya |
| | He carried out this vow in such as way that he showed himself "immovable" and after endlessly long striving because Buddha Akshobhya and thus the ruler of the Abhirati paradise. | | | He was once a monk who took a vow before the buddha who, long ago, reigned over Abhirati, never to feel anger or disgust towards any living being. |
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http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/akshobhya.html
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| | Shri Madhava Teertharu |
| | He also gave 'ashrama' to Sri Akshobhya Tirtha and installed him as the Pith Adipatya or pontiff of Sri Uttaradi Mutt to worship the idols/Deities which were personally worshipped by Srimad Acharya (Madhwa) himeself. | | | The senior most direct disciples of Sri Ananda Tirtha (Madhwa) were Sri Padmanbha Tirtha, Sri Narahari Tirtha, Sri Madhava Tirtha and Sri Akshobhya Tirtha. | | | He was defeated in debate by Akshobhya Tirtha, the debate having been umpired by the great Sri Vaishnava Sri Vedanta Desika."(K.Raghupathi Rao. |
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http://www.uttaradimath.org/madhava.htm
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| | Buddha's head reunited with torso - theage.com.au |
| | But in February, the head of the Akshobhya Buddha turned up in Taiwan, the gift of loyal disciples to the Buddhist master Sheng-yen, the 73-year-old founder of the Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association, based in Taiwan, and also of the Chan Meditation Centre in Queens, New York. | | | On December 17, the Akshobhya Buddha was returned to its torso - this time affixed to the shoulders by a steel rod. | | | For more than 1300 years, the Akshobhya Buddha, one of four large statues of Buddha at the Four Gate Pagoda in China's Shandong Province, sat solemnly looking eastward, face locked in a beatific expression. |
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/09/1041990047967.html
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| | [Advaita-l] Re: Epigraphica about Vidyaranya |
| | This tradition is corroborated [1] by the vedAntadeshika-vaibhavaprakAshikA of Mahacharya (16th century) and by the still earlier (15th cent.) work of Brahmatantra Svatantra Jeer III, accounted to have been the third in spiritual succession from Desika, at the Parakala Matha, in Mysore. | | | 229--230, which says about Akshobhya T.: == begin quote His chief claim to recognition rests on the incident of his historic disputation with Vidyaranya, on the purport of the `tattvamasi' text, a disputation which is believed to have taken place at Mulbagal, ten miles from Kolar. | | | It is said to have been referred to Vedanta Desika for arbitration; and he is reported to have given his verdict in favor of Akshobhya, in the following verse, oft-quoted in traditional circles: asinA tattvamasinA parajIvaprabhedinA |
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http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2003-June/012563.html
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| | Dharma Drum Mountain |
| | Hence Master Sheng Yen, using the event of the donation of the head statue of Akshobhya Buddha, calls for people from both sides of the Strait to cultivate the appreciation for the preservation and protection of cultural heritage, and expressed his hopes for them to adopt a healthy religion for spiritual and moral guidance. | | | The ancient head statue of Akshobhya Buddha will be transported to its historic origin tomorrow (December 17) in a crate that is constituted of 23 pieces by DDM. | | | This is an act of unselfishness on their part, therefore, we should also be generous, and so we decided to donate this head of the Sui Dynasty statue of Akshobhya Buddha to Shandong's Four Gate Pagoda. |
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http://www.dharmadrum.org/news/newsDetail.asp?Pkey={355FFCD9-6163-4A6A-A2FA-CF6CC250750D}
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| | j a g a t ~ h o m e p a g e - Articles |
| | Madhava’s disciple was Akshobhya, who was followed by Jayatirtha, Jïanasindhu, Mahanidhi, Vidyanidhi and Rajendra. | | | Jayadharma Muni was one of Rajendra’s many disciples and Vishnu Puri, the author of Bhakti-ratnavali and Purushottama the lover of Brahmin culture became his disciples. | | | In the Madhvaite tradition, Padmanabha, Nrihari, Madhava and Akshobhya are all considered to be direct disciples of Madhva, rather than being links of a historic chain. |
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http://www.jagat.wisewisdoms.com/articles/showarticle.php?id=13
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| | E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Vows Of Akshobhya |
| | I have been doing some reading in the history of Pure Land Buddhism and in the book I was reading it mentions in passing that there is a Sutra which depicts the Pure Land of Akshobhya (I've seen different spellings), who resides in the East. | | | The book also mentions that there are eleven vows of Akshobya, similar to the more familiar 48 vows of Amitabha. | | | E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Vows Of Akshobhya |
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http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=9069
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| | Buddhist texts - encyclopedia article about Buddhist texts. |
| | A large number of sutras which describe the nature and virtues of a particular Buddha or Bodhisattva and/or their Pure Land, including Mañjusri, Ksitigarbha, the Buddha Akshobhya, and Bhaishajyaguru also known as the Medicine Buddha. | | | They focus on the Buddha Akshobhya and his consort Māmaki. | | | Early in the 20th Century a cache of texts was found in a mound near Gilgit, Afghanistan. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Buddhist+texts
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| | Swayambhunath Stupa, Nepal |
| | As you begin the climb, there are three immense painted statues of Akshobhya Buddha. | | | One of these seeds grew into a thousand petalled lotus flower from which shone a five coloured light representing the five Buddhas &; Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha and Amoghasiddha. | | | Originally, the Kathmandu valley was a lake where Vipaswi Buddha threw some lotus seeds. |
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http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~msherpa/swayambh.html
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| | James Singer on Asianart.com |
| | Akshobhya Buddha, associated with the steadfast qualities which enabled the historical Buddha Shakyamuni to overcome distractions and attain enlightenment, became a popular celestial Buddha as in the present example, which dates to about the fourteenth century. | | | The base is sealed with a plate, in traditional Tibetan manner, securing consecration materials within the sculpture. | | | His right hand is in the earth-touching gesture (bhumisparsha mudra), the left appears upward-turned in his lap. |
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http://www.asianart.com/jsinger/10.html
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| | Maha-Akshobhya with Prajna from the Dharmadhatu Mandala |
| | The figure of Maha Akshobhya with his female aspect Lochana is the eastern Buddha of the cycle, which actually centers on a form of Manjushri who is identical with | | | The Dharmadhatu mandala is depicted in every Buddhist monastery, and is highly complex, with up to 252 deities. | | | Maha-Akshobhya is identified by his elephant vehicles, and is shown with his female aspect, Lochana, seated on his lap. |
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http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/circleofbliss/NamaMaha01B.html
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| | Asia Society: Glossary |
| | One of the five transcendent (tathagata) buddhas, the primary lords of the five buddha-clans Akshobhya is lord of the vajra clan. | | | He or Vairochana holds the center in the advanced Unexcelled Yoga tantras. | | | Akshobhya represents the transmutation of delusion or hate into mirror-like wisdom (or reality wisdom), and the purity of the form or consciousness system. |
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http://www.asiasource.org/reference/display.cfm?wordid=1595
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| | Akshobhya (MiamiMOO) |
| | He is the Buddha of the eastern pure land, Abhirati. | | | Akshobhya is generally represented as a blue being. |
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http://moo.muohio.edu:7000/629
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| | Five Buddha Families |
| | The Buddha Akshobhya’s blue color has a symbolical | | | aggression or anger relates to Buddha Akshobhya, who is a very | | | Akshobhya also holds a vajra in his lap which is also a symbol |
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http://dharmavision.homestead.com/fivebuddhafamilies.html
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| | Mantra compendium - Agni Mantra, Akshobhya, Brihaspati Gayatri, Durga, Ganesa Mantra, Guru Vandana, Kalika Mantra, ... |
| | Mantra compendium - Agni Mantra, Akshobhya, Brihaspati Gayatri, Durga, Ganesa Mantra, Guru Vandana, Kalika Mantra, Mrityunjaya Mantra, Panchakshari Mantra, Satya Narayana, Siksha Mantra, Sri Rama Mantras, | | | Mantra compendium - Agni Mantra, Akshobhya, Brihaspati Gayatri, Durga, Ganesa Mantra, Guru Vandana, Kalika Mantra, Mrityunjaya Mantra, Panchakshari Mantra, Satya Narayana, Siksha Mantra, Sri Rama Mantras, - Internet astrology catalogue |
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http://astrology.webdirs.net/astrology-569.html
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| | Visual Experience |
| | The top stupa probably had an unfinished Buddha image - Akshobhya | | | Starting with the 2nd level one can start to see directional Buddhas (Amoghasiddha, Akshobhya, Ranasambhava, Amitabha &; see below) | | | The 2nd to 4th galleries illustrate the Gandavyuha or Sudhana’s pilgrimage 488 panels |
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http://www.temple.edu/art_history_india/16-arts-asia/h-5-borobadur.htm
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| | The Berzin Archives - Buddha-Family Traits (Buddha-Families) and Aspects of Experience |
| | The third class of tantra, yoga tantra, has four Buddha-family traits, one for each of the four topics discussed in the texts of this class: | | | The vajra family, headed by Akshobhya, for mind. | | | To work with any Buddha-family, such as that of Amitabha, we need to put together, in a meaningful manner, all the various aspects that are associated with the Buddha-nature aspects that are its family-traits. |
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http://www.berzinarchives.com/tantra/buddha_family_traits.html
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| | Krishna.com :: 9. Akshobhya (or Akshobhya Tirtha) |
| | In a historic encounter at Mulbagal, Karnataka, he defeated in debate Vidyaranya, a scholar and descendant in the Advaita line of Sankaracharya, the most important exponent of the Advaita Vedanta school. | | | Akshobhya appeared in this world sometime between 1238 and 1317 in Uttara-Karnataka. | | | Akshobhya was known for successfully refuting nondualistic Advaita philosophy. |
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http://www.krishna.com/main.php?id=358
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| | sundial_vajra_literature |
| | The vajra is generally two-sided but the vishvavajra or the double thunderbolt has four heads representing the four dhyani Buddhas of the four directions namely, Amoghasiddhi for north, Akshobhya, who presides over the east, Ratnasambhava, lord of the south, and Amitabha who reigns over the west. | | | It is the emblem of the crossed vajra that is inscribed upon the metal base that is used to seal deity statues after they have been consecrated. | | | The mouths of the makaras are wide open and the prongs emanate from the mouth like tongues of flame. |
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http://www.sundial.thai-isan-lao.com/sundial_vajra_literature.html
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| | Go towards Akshobhya (MiamiMOO) |
| | You were not frightened by the bright white light of Akshobhya. | | | You will now be transported to his eastern pure land, Abhirati, and will most assuredly attain Buddhahood. | | | You have dissolved into the rainbow light in the heart of Akshobhya. |
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http://moo.muohio.edu:7000/488
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| | Akshobhya sits upon a throne which is upheld by eight elephants. | | | Sometimes he is depicted with a begging bowl instead of a vajra, or completely empty handed, this is very common with statues. |
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http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Akshobhya_p/g00024.htm
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| | Akshobhya Chand Mull |
| | I am 6 years old and will turn 7 this year. | | | My name is Akshobhya Chand Mull, but everybody calls me Akshoo. | | | As I learn more about computers and internet, I will continue constructing my website |
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http://www.akshoo.net
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| | Buddha Statues, Hindu Gods, Japanese Incense and Tibetan Incense, and Meditation Supplies from the Dharma Store |
| | Zazen Sacred Icons, Town Hall Exchange, Castle Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7ND, UK | | | 3-inch (8 cm), finely cast partly gold-plated copper image of Akshobhya. |
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http://www.dharma-store.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=140&lastcatid=10&step=4
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| | Cottage Grove Ghagdud Gompa Schedule |
| | Saturday December 11: New Moon Akshobhya Practice 7pm | | | Wednesday December 15: Akshobhya 7 pm (Lama Trinley to Salem) | | | Wednesday December 8: Akshobhya 7 pm (Lama Trinley to Salem) |
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http://www.madimi.com/Sangha.html
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