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Acala
Sign in to save' or Achala (, "The Immovable", ), also known as (, "Immovable Lord") or ' (, "Noble Immovable Lord"), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.
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- Acala
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- ()
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- vajra, lasso (pāśa), khanda
- Buddha.veneration
- Vajrayana Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Shugendō
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
- Bất Động Minh Vương
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- 부동명왕 ()
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- ()
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- 不動明王坐像-Fudō Myōō MET DP356182.jpg
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- Statue of Fudō Myōō (Acala), from early 13th century (Kamakura period) Japan
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' or Achala (, "The Immovable", ), also known as (, "Immovable Lord") or ' (, "Noble Immovable Lord"), is a wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.
Originally a minor deity described as a messenger or acolyte of the buddha Vairocana, Acala later rose to prominence as an object of veneration in his own right as a remover of obstacles and destroyer of evil, eventually becoming seen as the wrathful manifestation of either Vairocana, the Buddha Akṣobhya, or the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. In later texts, he is also called ' (, "Violent Wrathful One", ) or (, "Violent One of Great Wrath", ), the names by which he is more commonly known in countries like Nepal and Tibet.