Vairochana
(Sk.)
“All‐enlightening”. A mystic symbol, or rather a generic personification of a class of spiritual beings described as the embodiment of essential wisdom (bodhi) and absolute purity. They dwell in the fourth Arûpa Dhâtu (formless world) or Buddhakshetra, and are the first or the highest hierarchy of the five orthodox Dhyâni Buddhas. There was a Sramana (an Arhat) of this name (see Eitel’s Sansk. Chin. Dict.) a native of Kashmir, “who introduced Buddhism into Kustan and lahoured in Tibet” (in the seventh century of our era). He was the best translator of the semi‐esoteric Canon of Northern Buddhism, and a contemporary of the great Samantabhadra (q.v.). (TG).
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Shortly: “All‐enlightening”. A mystic symbol, or rather a generic personification of a class of spiritual bei...