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| essentially a longer mantra |
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| womb, we all have a womb of buddha nature |
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| “body” as in the Buddha bodies (dharma-kaya) |
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| great vehicle, broad school of Buddhism |
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| concentric diagrams made of sand, show shrines, walk to center |
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| a short dharani, repeated to gain merit |
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| body/split up parts of body after final nirvana – split at 8 great sites |
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| “the thus gone/come” an epithet of the Buddha |
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| Texts that say things that disagree aren’t really Buddhist |
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| Texts that disagree are special teachings (for select few) |
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| Texts that disagree just need to be interpreted correctly; Saying vs. meaning |
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- EAST/BLUE
- Lord of Abhirati (Eastern Pure Land)
- Extremely pleasant land (flat, no crime -> perfect)
- Men and women both born; food desires satisfied
- Normally w/ 2 elephants
- Bell, 3 robes, a staff, jewel, lotus, prayer wheel, sword |
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- EAST/BLUE (sometimes orange)
- Lives in Vaiduryanirbhasa
- No women; no sickness/suffering
- Medicine Buddha
- Seated wearing 3 monk robes, jar of medicine, sometimes has pagoda |
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- WEST/RED
- Lives in Sukhavati – also no women here
- Buddha of Infinite Light
- Often depicted (when seated) displaying the mediation mudra (thumbs n fingers) |
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| Label for category of celestial being |
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- embodies compassion of all Buddhas
- Sometimes normal looking – many hands for helping
- Sometimes a hat with many heads
- Takes form of Ganapati – an elephant
- Also takes very warmful form ____
- Changes gender: Guanyin – Mercy Goddess |
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- Protectress, Female
- Representation of extraordinary level of awakendness
- 21 forms
- Green Tara
- White Tara – 7 eyes (hands, feet, 3 on face)
- Kurukula – bright red; ferocious form |
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- transcendent wisdom
- Peaceful but sword cuts through delusion
- Yamantaka – ferocious form, powerful |
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- the next Buddha
- Waiting for his emergence
- Hotei – laughing Buddha |
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– manifestation body
- Body of magical creation – PHYSICAL body |
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– Enjoyment body
- Complete/communal enjoyment body
- Mental picture – not visible |
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– Dharma body
- Body of reality
- Buddha becomes how things ultimate are |
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1. Generosity
2. Ethics
3. Patience
4. Effort
5. Meditation
6. Wisdom |
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| A class of works teaching magical and mystical formulations – in&outside Buddhism |
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- Largest number of texts
- Mundaine Aims |
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- Smallest # of texts
- Focus on mandalas and Buddha Vairocana
- Mundane aims |
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- Focus on mandalas
- Reorientation of aims: Buddhahood |
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- Focus on mandalas
- Aimed at Buddhahood
- Antinomian (Bad) practices elevated |
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| Conventional level of reality |
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| anything that can be broken into parts and ceases to exist (bc missing parts) |
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| Ultimate level of reality |
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| anything that cannot be broken into parts |
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| How we usually see things |
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a. Relatively independent from causes and conditions
b. Worth Craving
c. Potential permanent source of happiness |
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| View the World: In Terms of Abhidharma |
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a. Draws distinction b/w conventional and ultimate reality
- What ultimately exist are dharmas
b. World does not readily support certain types of cravings
c. “bedrock level of reality” |
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| View the World: In terms of Perfected Wisdom |
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a. No “bedrock of reality”
b. No essences that secure identity of things
c. Things that lack essences are empty
- Things that are empty are dependently arisen in a radical sense
- Each apparently independent thing has no essential existence beyond causes & conditions |
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