Buddha-figures
Buddha-figures are invoked in ritual ceremonies or pujas, particularly in Tibetan Buddhism, to help dispel obstacles and accomplish constructive purposes. These ceremonies create conducive circumstances for negative potentials to ripen in trivial rather than major obstacles, and positive potentials to ripen sooner rather than later. Propitiating Buddhas is not a substitute for attending to our karma.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- fierce protectors, Yidam, Ishta-deva
- aspect of
- Buddha
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“Buddhism, particularly in its Tibetan form, often contains ritual ceremonies, or pujas, directed toward various Buddha-figures or fierce protectors in order to help dispel obstacles and accomplish constructive purposes. Performing these ceremonies provides conducive circumstances for negative potentials to ripen in trivial rather than major obstacles, and positive potentials to ripen sooner rather than later.”
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