THE MANTRA OF DHYANI-BUDDHA OF THE NORTERN REALM ~ LORD OF KARMA ~ AMOGHASIDDHI: OM AMOGHASIDDHI AH

THE MANTRA OF DHYANI-BUDDHA OF THE NORTERN REALM ~ LORD OF KARMA ~ AMOGHASIDDHI: OM AMOGHASIDDHI AH Dhyani-Buddha, in Mahayana Buddhism, and particularly in Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism, any of a group of five “self-born” celestial buddhas who have always existed from the beginning of time. The five are usually identified as Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi. Amoghasiddhi is the last of the Five Dhyani or Five Wisdom Tathagatas. Amoghasiddhi Buddha (Bu-kong Cheng-jiu Fo): The green northern Buddha of Action with all-accomplishing wisdom. One of the five transcendent buddhas. They are believed to have originated from Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification. Of these five, Amoghasiddhi is the buddha of the north. He is associated with energy and known as the Lord of Karma and the Buddha of unfailing accomplishment. His name literally means infallible (amogha) success (siddhi). He holds his hands in the Abhaya, fearlessness mudra. Amoghasiddhi is the Buddha of all accomplishing wisdom. He is venerated not only for his wisdom of success but he is also known to defeat envy. As it says in Buddhist tradition, Devadatta, a very envious cousin of Amoghasiddhi once attempted to murder the Buddha by releasing a rampaging elephant into the Buddha’s path to which Amoghasiddhi simply raised his mudra calming the beast, embodying both fearlessness and defeating envy. He is often depicted as green and radiating green light as the color represents peace and tranquility of nature. The color is calming, it is soothing to anxiety. When meditated upon, Amoghasiddhi is said to help relinquish envy, calm anxiety and fear and reveal wisdom of accomplishment. Amoghasiddhi reverses the negative failing of envy into the positive wisdom of accomplishment. Envy is a positive emotion as it feeds ambition and pushes us to reach higher. However, the bitterness generated towards the target of envy is a negative emotion. When we can avert the associated bitterness and understand that the object of our envy is merely an agent leading us to greater Karma and better accomplishment, the message of Amoghasiddhi will be understoo Amoghasiddhi, Buddha (Tibetan: don yo dru pa, sang gye): the patriarch of the fifth of the Five Families of Transcendent, or Symbolic, Buddhas, residing in the Karma Paripurana buddhafield. There are two main types of Amoghasiddhi iconography: - Buddha Appearance Amoghasiddhi (Nirmanakaya) - Peaceful Appearance Amoghasiddhi (Sambhogakaya) Amoghasiddhi is associated with Vajrayana Buddhism and originates in the Tantric Literature of the Charya, Yoga and Anuttarayoga Tantra classes. The sculptural images generally fall into two groups, either as Buddhas with monastic robes and without ornaments known as nirmanakaya appearance or Buddhas in Bodhisattva Appearance, also known as peaceful appearance, with crowns and ornaments - sambhogakaya appearance. He is most commonly depicted in the set of the Five Symbolic Buddhas. Amoghasiddhi (Devanagari: अमोघसिद्धि) is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas of the Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism. He is associated with the accomplishment of the Buddhist path and of the destruction of the poison of envy. His name means Unfailing Accomplishment. His consort is Tara, meaning Liberator and his mounts are garudas. He belongs to the family of karma whose family symbol is the double vajra. Amoghasiddhi (Skt.; Tib. དོན་ཡོད་གྲུབ་པ་, Dönyö Drubpa, Wyl. don yod grub pa; Eng. ’Accomplishing What Is Meaningful’) — one of the buddhas of the five families. He is the Buddha of the karma family, and is usually depicted as green in colour and holding a sword. Five Buddhas: Charya & Yoga Tantras: 1. Vairochana | 2. Amitabha | 3. Akshobhya | 4. Ratnasambhava | 5. Amoghasiddhi The majority or paintings depicting Amoghasiddhi are predominantly understood within the context of dozens or hundreds of surrounding figures. These compositions belong to painting sets of five or more compositions that depict all of the deities described in the mandalas of the Vairochana, Tattvasamgraha or Sarvadurgati Parishodhana Tantras of the Charya and Yoga classifications of Tantric literature. The Yoga Tantras were popularized in Tibet by Rinchen Zangpo in the 11th century and have been maintained up to the present day primarily in the Sakya and Sakya related traditions such as Shalu, Gyantse and Jonang. In general the Charya and Yoga Tantras fell out of popularity in the 14th and 15th century and gave way primarily to the texts and rituals classified as Anuttarayoga of the Sarma Schools and the ’Revealed Treasure’ Traditions of the Nyingma Schools. ~~~ See also: ~~~ May All Sentient Beings Be Liberated