Prabhutaratna
thumb|Prabhūtaratna and Shakyamuni in the jeweled stupa; stele, dated 518 CE, Northern Wei. [[Guimet Museum]] Prabhūtaratna (Skt: प्रभूतरत्न; Traditional Chinese: 多寶如来 or 多寶佛; Simplified Chinese: 多宝如来 or 多宝佛; pinyin: Duōbǎo Rúlái or Duōbǎo Fó; Japanese romaji: Tahō Nyorai or Tahō Butsu), translated as Abundant Treasures or Many Treasures, is the Buddha who appears and verifies Shakyamuni's teachings in the Lotus Sutra and the Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra.
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- Prabhūtaratna and Shakyamuni; statue, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, Singapore
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- प्रभूतरत्नPrabhūtaratna
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- 多寶如來(Pinyin: (Duōbăo Rúlái)
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- (romaji: Tahō Nyorai)
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- རིན་ཆེན་མང་Wylie: rin chen mang
- Buddha.korean_name
- 다보여래 (Hanja: 多寶如來) (RR: Dabo Yeorae)
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- พระประภูตรัตนะ
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- Đa Bảo Phật Đa Bảo Như Lai
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- Mahayana, Vajrayana
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- In the Lotus Sutra
- Interpretations
- Applications
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|Prabhūtaratna and Shakyamuni in the jeweled stupa; stele, dated 518 CE, Northern Wei. [[Guimet Museum]] Prabhūtaratna (Skt: प्रभूतरत्न; Traditional Chinese: 多寶如来 or 多寶佛; Simplified Chinese: 多宝如来 or 多宝佛; pinyin: Duōbǎo Rúlái or Duōbǎo Fó; Japanese romaji: Tahō Nyorai or Tahō Butsu), translated as Abundant Treasures or Many Treasures, is the Buddha who appears and verifies Shakyamuni's teachings in the Lotus Sutra and the Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra.
== In the Lotus Sutra == In the 11th chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Prabhūtaratna is described as living in a land "tens of millions of billions of countless worlds to the east" called "Treasure Purity.". Here he resides within a stupa translated variously as the "Precious Stupa," the "Treasure Tower," the "Jeweled Stupa," or the "Stupa of the Precious Seven Materials." Prabhūtaratna is said to have made a vow to make an appearance to verify the truth of the Lotus Sutra whenever it is preached in the present or future.