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- Shakyamuni & Akshobhya: A Confusion About the Vajra Scepter

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The meditation practice of the solitary Akshobhya Buddha arrives in Tibet through the lineage of Lord Dipamkara Atisha in the 11th century. The practice is also found in the Nartang Gyatsa compilation text. The lineage teacher lists below are extracted from the Collection of All Methods of Accomplishment publication.

"Arising in the eastern direction is Akshobhya
On an elephant, lotus and moon throne;
With a body blue in colour
The right hand is placed in the gesture of pressing down."
(Dragpa Gyaltsen, 1147-1216).

Lineage Teachers: Vajradhara, Manjushri-ghosha, Acharya Jnana Garbha, Jnana Shanti, Buddha Shanti, Buddha Guhya, Kushali Chewa, Laghu Punya, Suvarnadvipa Dharma Kirti, Lord Dipamkara.

Near Lineage: Vajradhara, Lord Dipamkara, Naljorpa Jangchub Rinchen, Chen-nga Tsultrim Bar, Jayulwa Zhonnu Od, Mumenpa, Charchenpa, Droton Dutsi Drag, Chim Namkha Drag, Duldzin Dragpa Tsundru, Chim Lobzang Drag, Droton Kunga Gyaltsen, Pangton Drubpa Sherab, Khuton Sonam Chogdrub, Palbar Palden Dondrub, (etc.).

Again: Lord [Dipamkara], Drom Gyalwa'i Jungne, Ngog Legpa'i Sherab, Drolungpa Lodro Jungne, Chaba Chokyi Sengge, Tsang Nagpa Kunga Tendzin, Droton Dutsi Drag, Chim Namkha Drag, Gyangro Jangchub Bum, Chim Lobzang Dragpa, etc. (folio 513-515).

Gyu De Kun Tus, folio 32-35:

Five Buddhas: Charya & Yoga Tantras:
1. Vairochana | 2. Amitabha | 3. Akshobhya | 4. Ratnasambhava | 5. Amoghasiddhi

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Lotsawa House: Akshobhya Texts

84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha

Toh 50. The Array of the Tathāgata Akṣobhya. མི་འཁྲུགས་པའི་བཀོད་པའི་མདོ། · mi 'khrugs pa'i bkod pa'i mdo/ akṣobhyatathāgatasya vyūhasūtra. [138 pages].

Toh 176. The Teaching of Vimalakīrti. དྲི་མེད་གྲགས་པས་བསྟན་པ། · dri med grags pas bstan pa. Vimala­kīrti­nirdeśa. [130 pages]. Chapter 11. Vision of the Universe Abhirati and the Tathagata Akshobhya, 11 - 11.22.

Toh 743/1009. The Dhāraṇī “Purifying All Karmic Obscurations” The Collection The Kangyur Tantra Tantra Collection Action tantras (Toh 743). The Collection The Kangyur Dhāraṇī Compendium of Dhāraṇīs (Toh 1009). ལས་ཀྱི་སྒྲིབ་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་རྣམ་པར་སྦྱོང་བའི་གཟུངས། · las kyi sgrib pa thams cad rnam par sbyong ba’i gzungs. Sarva­karmāvaraṇaviśodhanī­nāma­dhāraṇī. [2 page].

Toh 2653. Akshobhya Sadhana Nama.

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