Amoghasiddhi – "Accomplisher of what is meaningful" one of the five Jinas
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Orientation 4
Display 8
ABS 065
Code: ABS 065
Country: Tibet (west)
Style:
Date: 1200 - 1300
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 29.9 x 47 x 14.5
Materials: Brass; inset with turquoise and coral
Amoghasiddhi
The Tathagata Amoghasiddhi - “Unfailing Success” is one of the Five Transcendental Buddhas of Mahayana, also called “the Victorious Ones”.
Hollow cast in one piece, the separately cast base has been lost. The ornaments are partly inlaid with turquoise and coral. The face shows traces of cold gold paint, and the hair remains of a blue pigment. He wears a five-pointed crown in front of the high hair knot, on which the "wish-fulfilling jewel" (cintamani) is placed.
His Tibetan name is Sangay Donyodtrubpa. The word Danyod signifies "meaningful" and the word Trubpa stands for "achievement", because what is meaningful and fruitful will be achieved. He resides in the north and triumphs over envy by transforming it into a source of action. His quality is infallible energy, dynamism and movement. His colour is green, and his mount is the mythical Garuda bird, the enemy of all snakes. His element is the air, the breath. His emblem is the double vajra (vishvajra) that pervades all directions, alternatively it can also be the sword (kadga). He holds his right hand in the protective gesture (abhaya-mudra). From his sexual chakra springs a green A. His female equivalent (shakti) is the green Tara. The goddesses Khadiravani, Arya Tara, Mahamayuri, Parnasabari and the Bodhisattva Vishvapani are also connected to him.
On a symbolic level, the five victorious Buddhas (jinas/thatagathas) encompass all aspects of awakening. They are the expression of the totality of human experience in its purest form. They express the dynamics of the transformation, in which ordinary emotions develop into wisdom, and illusions into positive attitudes. They preside over the five Buddha Families, which include all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Deities, with the exception of the Primordials.
The Tathagata Amoghasiddhi - “Unfailing Success” is one of the Five Transcendental Buddhas of Mahayana, also called “the Victorious Ones”.
Hollow cast in one piece, the separately cast base has been lost. The ornaments are partly inlaid with turquoise and coral. The face shows traces of cold gold paint, and the hair remains of a blue pigment. He wears a five-pointed crown in front of the high hair knot, on which the "wish-fulfilling jewel" (cintamani) is placed.
His Tibetan name is Sangay Donyodtrubpa. The word Danyod signifies "meaningful" and the word Trubpa stands for "achievement", because what is meaningful and fruitful will be achieved. He resides in the north and triumphs over envy by transforming it into a source of action. His quality is infallible energy, dynamism and movement. His colour is green, and his mount is the mythical Garuda bird, the enemy of all snakes. His element is the air, the breath. His emblem is the double vajra (vishvajra) that pervades all directions, alternatively it can also be the sword (kadga). He holds his right hand in the protective gesture (abhaya-mudra). From his sexual chakra springs a green A. His female equivalent (shakti) is the green Tara. The goddesses Khadiravani, Arya Tara, Mahamayuri, Parnasabari and the Bodhisattva Vishvapani are also connected to him.
On a symbolic level, the five victorious Buddhas (jinas/thatagathas) encompass all aspects of awakening. They are the expression of the totality of human experience in its purest form. They express the dynamics of the transformation, in which ordinary emotions develop into wisdom, and illusions into positive attitudes. They preside over the five Buddha Families, which include all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Deities, with the exception of the Primordials.