Vairocana Buddha Buddhist protection reliquary in solid 925 silver plated with 18k turquoise gold. wheel of life

Vairocana Buddha Buddhist protection reliquary in solid 925 silver plated with 18k turquoise gold. Arizona Turquoise wheel of life

Wheel of life on the back, rotating on the back

Dimensions: 56/43/7 mm Weight approximately 58 grams.

In terms of symbols, the Buddha, seated under the bodhi tree, saw two
things. First, he saw a Ferris wheel. This wheel embraces the whole of
conditioned existence, it is of the same extent as the cosmos, it contains
all living beings. It spins non-stop: it spins day and night,
it turns life after life, it turns era after era.

We can't see when it started spinning, and we can't for
the moment to see when it will stop turning: only a Buddha sees that.

BUDDHA VAIROCANA

Buddha Vairocana, the supreme Buddha, is the protector of people born under the
goat and monkey sign.

"Great sun", "Great light" or the "Resplendent" is the Buddha
center of tantric schools (Tibetan or Shingon), as well as schools
Chinese and Japanese Mahayana Tiantai-Tendaï and Huayan-Kegon.

He is one of the major Buddhas in East Asia. He is one of five
wisdom buddhas (the dhyani buddhas) occupying the central place on the
cardinal points. In the conception of the five Mahayana Tathagatas (Buddhas)
and Vajrayana, Vairocana is in the center and is considered a Buddha
Primordial or Adhi Buddha. The term Tathata in Chinese zhenru, in Japanese
shinnyo designates the supreme principle, the other 4 Buddhas of meditation being
its emanations (Akshobhya in the east, Amoghasiddhi in the north, Amitabha in the west,
Ratnasambhava to the south)

His color being white, his mount a lion or a dragon, his element is
metal, often depicted doing the dharmachakra mudra with his hands,
representing the turning of the wheel of dharma, his bodhisattvas are
Samantabhadra and Manjushri Vairocana is also considered to be the embodiment
of the Buddhist concept of Śūnyatā, the principle according to which "all things are
voids of intrinsic existence and nature (svabhava)", but can also be
refer to the teachings of Buddha nature and primordial consciousness
or empty, as in Dzogchen, Shentong or Chan/Zen.

Vairocana is often presented as the supreme form (dharmakāya) in the
Mahāyāna sutras, especially the Avataṃsaka sūtra and the Lotus Sutra. THE
role of Vairocana is explained by the theory of the three bodies (Sanskrit: trikāya,
Chinese: Sānshēn), developed by the early Mahayānā schools. According to this
theory, three aspects or bodies of the Buddha are identified: • The "body of
transformation" (Nirmāṇakāya), historical body of the Buddha • The "body of
rejoicing" (Sambhogakāya), the Buddha as deity, as he appears
for example in the meditations • The "Buddha body" (Dharmakāya), the
buddha as supreme reality, truth or emptiness Buddha Vairocana is
first introduced in the Brahmajala Sutra: "Now I,
Buddha Vairocana, I am seated on a lotus pedestal; On a thousand flowers that
Surrounding me are a thousand Sakyamuni Buddhas.

Each flower supports a hundred million worlds; in each world appears a
Shakyamuni Buddha. All sit under a Bodhi tree, all reach
simultaneously Buddhahood. All these innumerable Buddhas have the Vairocana
as the original body. »

In Sino-Japanese Buddhism, Vairocana was gradually replaced in
as an object of veneration by Amitābha, largely due to the
growing popularity of Pure Land Buddhism, but the legacy of
Vairocana survives at Tōdai-ji temple with its massive bronze statue.

Shingon stream important Japanese Vajrayana Buddhist stream. The connotation
of "light" or "sun" of the name Vairocana makes it possible to envisage an origin
proto-Iranian. A Persian influence has also been proposed for
Amitabha, another Buddha whose name evokes light. Some aspects of the
main divinity of Shintoism, Amaterasu, could be attributed to him in the
japanese folk buddhism