{"id":589,"date":"2019-11-26T21:22:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T02:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/encyclopediabuddhicaf19.andrewquintman.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/blog\/?p=589"},"modified":"2019-11-26T23:09:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T04:09:18","slug":"buddha-buddha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/encyclopediabuddhicaf19.andrewquintman.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/blog\/b\/buddha-buddha\/","title":{"rendered":"buddha\/Buddha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Five Wisdom Buddhas: centre Vairochana, top Amitabha, right Amoghasiddhi, bottom Akshobya, left Ratnasambhava. The positions can vary from school to school or based on specific tantras or teachings.<\/em>
 https:\/\/buddhaweekly.com\/a-map-of-the-mind-universe-the-mandala-of-the-five-buddhas-a-perfect-practice-a-perfect-remedy-for-the-five-poisons\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

buddha\/Buddha<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe word buddha is not a name but a title; it\u2019s meaning is \u2018one who has woken up.\u2019\u201d Buddha (capital \u201cB\u201d) referees to our historical buddha, identified by most traditions as an individual from North India named Siddhartha Guatama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

buddha<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A buddha is an individual belonging to a class of beings which is different in many ways from the average person. Physically, a buddha can be identified by the 32 major marks and 80 minor marks . (Lakkha\u1e47a Sutta \u201cThe Marks of a Great Man,\u201d D\u012bgha Nik\u0101ya 30) A buddha is typically male, depending on the tradition. (Gethin, 90) Sanskrit origin of the term: \u201cbud\u201d to wake up. A buddha has lived many lives as a bodhisattva (one who takes up compassion for others to liberate ones self, to liberate others.) A buddha is one who teaches the dharma for the first time in an era. Some traditions teach that many buddhas may coexist at once, while others teach that buddha-nature exists within all of us. A buddha is not a human, nor a divine being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buddha<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Siddhartha Gotama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Buddha refers to himself as \u201cTathagatha\u201d not as the Buddha. Sakyamuni is another epithet used to refer to the historical individual Siddhartha Guatama. Sakyamuni refers to the clan from which Sakyamuni is descended. The life of Sakyamuni is generally accepted to follow a specific narrative form. A major conceit of Buddhist thought is that the life of Sakyamuni is a sort of play- a performative demonstration enacted for our benefit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western scholars agree that Sakyamuni lived sometime in the 4th century B.C.E. in Brahmanical India. Born in Lumbin in in Nepal to the Sakyamuni clan, Siddhartha was known as the \u201cSage of the Sakya clan.\u201d Siddhartha was raised as a princ, but eventually renounced palace life. He spends six years undertaking severe forms of asceticsm. Afterwards he wanders to a place known as bohd Gaya where he becomes an awakened being. As the Buddha, he teaches for the next 45 years, beginning at a grove near Bohd Gaya in Deer Park. He travels across North india, teaching thousands of sermons, and dies at age 88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Life of the Buddha in narrative form from Tibetan monastery Takten Puntsokling.
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\u2022 First Deed: Descending from Tushita
\n\u2022 Second Deed: Conception into the Womb
\n\u2022 Third Deed: Birth in the garden of Lumbini, in present day Nepal
\n\u2022 Fourth Deed: Training in the Arts, Crafts and Sciences.
\n\u2022 Fifth Deed: Marriage to Yashodhara, the birth of his son Rahula and the
\n\u2022 Sixth Deed: Renunciation of Samsara, Leaving his life as a Prince
\n\u2022 Seventh Deed: Practice of Austerities and Asceticism, and then Renouncing
\n\u2022 Eighth Deed: Taking His place at the Vajrasana in Bodh Gaya, the seat under the Bodhi Tree
\n\u2022 Ninth Deed: Victory over of the leader of Maras, Papiyan
\n\u2022 Tenth Deed: Attainment of Enlightenment reached while meditating under the bodhi tree.
\n\u2022 Eleventh Deed: Teaching the Dharma
\n\u2022 Twelfth Deed: Passing away at the age of 83 in the town of Kushingara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Common elements of buddha images<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fasting Siddhartha, ca. 3rd century
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Buddhas are typically depicted on thrones. A buddha will typically make a mudra with the hands. Depictions of buddhas often illustrate the lotus posture. Aesthetically, buddhist visual culture is escended from early Indian imagery. Buddhist traditions tend to mirror the visual culture of their local tradition resutling in disparate modes of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ritual implements of the buddha <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Esoteric Buddhist Altar, 20th Century (Kyo’ogokoku-ji Temple)
https:\/\/www.kyohaku.go.jp\/eng\/dictio\/kinkou\/mikkyo.html<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


Some of the important ritual implements are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n