The Five Buddha Families
December 1st, 2011Inspired by the five Buddha statues standing on a window sill in the EC gompa, the sangha wanted to know more about their meaning. Therefore, Maike and Pit were asked to give five lectures about the five different Buddha families.
We probably meet the five Buddhas more often than we are aware of: When taking refuge we become a “member” of one family; when seeing a stupa, a double dorje or prayer-flags; or when the Lama inaugurates a meditation room.
The five Buddhas Akshobya (the Unshakable – Diamond family), Ratnasambhava (the Jewel Born – Jewel family), Amitabha (Limitless Light – Lotus family), Amoghasiddhi (Meaningful Realization – Karma or Action family) and Vairocana (the Radiant One – Buddha or Tathagata family) are an expression of the tantric forms of Buddha Shakyamuni – Diamondholder, and should be experienced as being inseparable from him.
The teachings comprise the dissolution of the apparent opposites of the relative and absolute level. Many symbols like mudras, elements, colors etc. turn out to be solid methods in order to overcome one’s ego-illusion. Through these teachings practitioners more and more discover the qualities inherent in disturbing emotions and the skandhas in everyday life. - by Maike and Pit Weigelt
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