Amoghasiddhi

Amoghasiddhi
Statue of Amogasiddha from Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia
Sanskrit	अमोघसिद्धि Amoghasiddhi
Chinese	不空成就佛 (Pinyin: Bùkōngchéngjiù Fó)
Japanese	不空成就仏（ふくうじょうじゅぶつ） (romaji: Fukūjōju Butsu)
Khmer	អមោឃសិទ្ធិ (UNGEGN: Âmoŭkhôsĕtthĭ)
Korean	불공성취불 (RR: Bulgongseongchwi Bosal)
Mongolian	ᠲᠡᠭᠦᠰ ᠨᠥᠭᠴᠢᠭᠰᠡᠨ Үйлс бүтээгч (SASM/GNC: Tegüs nögcigsen)
Thai	พระอโมฆสิทธิพุทธะ Phraamoksitthiphuttha
Tibetan	དོན་ཡོད་གྲུབ་པ་ Wylie: don yod grub pa THL: dönyö drubpa
Vietnamese	Bất Không Thành Tựu Phật
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Venerated by	Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna
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Amoghasiddhi (Devanagari: अमोघसिद्धि) is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Mahayana and 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 Unfailing Accomplishment. His consort is Tara, meaning Liberator and his mounts are garudas. He belongs to the family of karma whose family symbol is the double vajra.^[1][2]

Characteristics

Amoghasiddhi is associated with the conceptual (Skt: samskara) 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.

In the Śūraṅgama mantra (Chinese: 楞嚴咒; pinyin: Léngyán Zhòu) taught in the Śūraṅgama sutra (Chinese: 楞嚴經; pinyin: Léngyán Jīng), an especially influential dharani in the Chinese Chan tradition, Amoghasiddhi is mentioned to be the host of the Karma Division in the North, one of the five major divisions which controls the vast demon armies of the five directions.^[3]

Gallery

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  Jin dynasty (1115–1234) statue of Amoghasiddhi in Shanhua Temple in Datong, Shanxi, China, one out of a set of statues of the Five Tathagathas
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  Ming dynasty (1368–1644) statue of Amoghasiddhi in Huayan Temple in Datong, Shanxi, China, one out of a set of statues of the Five Tathagathas
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  Ming dynasty figurine of Amoghasiddhi, made during the reign of the Yongle Emperor, early 1400s
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  Modern statue of Amoghasiddhi in Renge-in Tanjō-ji, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
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  Amoghasiddhi, depicted with green skin
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  Close up view of Amoghasiddhi from a Tibetan painting, 1300–1400 CE

See also

• Five Dhyani Buddhas

References

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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