Amitayus Buddha
(item no. 65843)

1800 - 1899

Gelug and Buddhist Lineages

Ground: Textile Image

   (Applique)

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art


 
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Amitayus, Buddha (Tibetan: tse pag me. English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Life) Lord of Limitless Life and Pristine Awareness, the Sambhogakaya aspect (Enjoyment Body) of Buddha Amitabha.

Amitayus Tibetan: Tse pag me

"Bhagavan Lord of Limitless Life and Pristine Awareness with a body red in colour, one face, two hands and with two long eyes glancing with compassion on beings, gazing on the entirety of migrators; and a smiling face, wearing the complete sambhogakaya vestments. Above the two hands held in meditation is a long-life vase filled with the nectar of immortality; with the hair in tufts, adorned with silks and jewels, seated in vajra posture, the body blazing with the shining light of the [32] marks and [80] examples." (Sakya Tridzin Kunga Tashi, 1656-1711).

Common to all traditions of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism Amitayus primarily belongs to the three lower Tantra classifications. In the Nyingma tradition, there are both Kama (Oral) and Terma (Treasure) lineages of practice.

Jeff Watt 9-1998 [12-2008]


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Publication: Art of the Himalayas (Gallery IV)

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Textile: Masterworks
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Sambhogakaya)
Textile: Applique Artwork
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Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Textile)



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