Vairocana
Sign in to saveVairocana ("The Sun", "Solar" or "Shining" in Sanskrit), also known as Mahāvairocana (Great Sun), is a major Buddha from Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. He is often compared to the Sun, because both bestow their light impartially upon all beings. However, unlike the Sun, whose light can be blocked, and which disappears at night, Vairocana's light is omnipresent, impossible to block, and shines eternally. Hence, he is called the "Great Sun". In East Asian Buddhism, Vairocana is called () or ().
Key facts
- Buddha.mongolian_name
- Машид гийгүүлэн зохиогчMasida geyigülün zohiyaghciБярузана, Машид Гийгүүлэн Зохиогч, Гэгээн ГэрэлтBiruzana, Masida Geyigülün Zohiyaghci, Gegegen Gereltü
- Buddha.korean_name
- 비로자나불毘盧遮那佛RR: Birojana Bul
- Buddha.thai_name
- พระไวโรจนพุทธะRTGS: Phra wịrocana phuthṭha
- Buddha.indonesian_name
- Wairocana
- Buddha.vietnamese_name
- Đại Nhật Như Lai大日如來Tỳ Lư Xá Na毘盧遮那Tỳ Lô Giá Na Phật毗盧遮那佛
- Buddha.veneration
- Mahayana, Vajrayana
- Buddha.attributes
- Śūnyatā
- Buddha.name
- Vairocana
- Buddha.image
- File:Mahavairocana.jpg
- Buddha.caption
- A medieval Japanese painting of Vairocana of the Vajradhātu Maṇḍala forming the wisdom-fist mudra.
- Buddha.sanskrit_name
- वैरोचन Vairocana
- Buddha.burmese_name
- ဝေရောစန
- Buddha.chinese_name
- 大日如來 Jyutping: Daai6 Jat6 Jyu4 Loi4Pinyin: Dà Rì Rú Lái毘盧遮那佛Jyutping: Bei2 Lou4 Ze1 Naa5 Fat6Pinyin: Pí Lú Zhē Nà Fó
- Buddha.japanese_name
- romaji: Dainichi Nyorairomaji: Birushana Butsu
- Buddha.tibetan_name
- རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད་Wylie: rnam par snang mdzadTHL: Nampar Nangdze
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- Three Types of Bodies
- Five Buddhas
- Manifestations
- Overview
- In Mahayana sutras
- Relationship with Śākyamuni
- In East Asian Buddhism
- Relationship with Amitabha
- Mantras and dharanis
- Mantra of Light
- Chinese Buddhism
- Japanese Buddhism
- Five element mantras
- Dharani
- Statues
- Gallery
- See also
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Vairocana ("The Sun", "Solar" or "Shining" in Sanskrit), also known as Mahāvairocana (Great Sun), is a major Buddha from Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. He is often compared to the Sun, because both bestow their light impartially upon all beings. However, unlike the Sun, whose light can be blocked, and which disappears at night, Vairocana's light is omnipresent, impossible to block, and shines eternally. Hence, he is called the "Great Sun". In East Asian Buddhism, Vairocana is called () or ().
In Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, Vairocana is the () of all Buddhas (the Dharma-body is the "true body" of all Buddhas, equivalent to the Ultimate Reality), which is formless, omnipresent, self-existent, eternal, indestructible, unable to be defiled, and is the source of all manifestations. The historical Gautama Buddha is one of the emanation bodies of Vairocana Buddha.