Amoghasiddhi

Amoghasiddhi
200px Ancient sculpture of the buddha Amoghasiddhi. Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	不空成就如來
Simplified Chinese	不空成就如来
Literal meaning	Amoghasiddhi tathagata
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bùkōngchéngjiù Rúlái Wade–Giles Pu4-k'ung1-ch'eng2-chiu4 Ju2-lai2 IPA [pûkʰʊ́ŋʈʂʰə̌ŋtɕi̯ôu̯ ɻǔlǎi̯] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Bat1hung1cing4zau6 Jyu4lai4
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	不空成就佛
Literal meaning	Amoghasiddhi Buddha
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bùkōngchéngjiù Fó Wade–Giles Pu4-k'ung1-ch'eng2-chiu4 Fo2 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Bat1hung1cing4zau6 Fat6
Tibetan name
Tibetan	དོན་ཡོད་གྲུབ་པ
Transcriptions Wylie don yod grub pa THDL Dönyö drubpa
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Thành Tựu Như Lai
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Үйлс бүтээгч
Mongolian script	ᠲᠡᠭᠦᠰ ᠨᠥᠭᠴᠢᠭᠰᠡᠨ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Tegüs nögcigsen
Japanese name
Kanji	不空成就如来
Kana	アモーガシッデイ
Transcriptions Romanization Fukūjōju Nyorai or Amōgashiddei
Tamil name
Tamil	அமோகசித்தி புத்தர்
Sanskrit name
Sanskrit	Amoghasiddhi

File:Tibetan Amoghasiddhi Buddha.jpg

Tibetan Amoghasiddhi Buddha from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco collection, dated 1300—1400 CE

Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. He is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy. His name means He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. His Shakti/consort is Tara, meaning Noble Deliverer or Noble Star and his mounts are garudas. He belongs to the family of Karma whose family symbol is the Double vajra/thunderbolt.

Characteristics

Amoghasiddhi is associated with the conceptual skandha or the conceptual mind (as opposed to the non-conceptual or sensational mind). His action towards the promotion of Buddhist paths is the pacification of evils. This is symbolised by Amoghasiddhi's symbol, the moon. He gestures in the mudra of fearlessness, symbolising his and his devotees' fearlessness towards the poisons or delusions.

He is usually coloured green in artwork and is associated with the air or wind element. His season is autumn and his heavenly quarter is the northern buddha-kṣetra called Prakuta.

See also

• Five Dhyani Buddhas

Further reading

• Mythology of India: Myths of India, Sri Lanka and Tibet, Rachel Storm, Anness Publishing Limited, Editor Helen Sudell, Page 15, Column 2-4, Line 5, Caption, Page 15, Column 4, Lines 1 - 5

External links

• Symbolism of the five Dhyani Buddhas
• Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Amoghasiddhi(see index)

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