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[[Image:Amitayus red.jpg|frame|Amitayus, from the private collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]]]
'''Amitayus''' (Tib. ''tsepakmé''; ''tshe dpag med'') Buddha of Boundless Life.
'''Amitayus''' (Skt. ''Amitāyus'', Tib. [[ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་]], ''Tsepakmé''; [[Wyl.]] ''tshe dpag med''), 'The Buddha of Boundless Life' — a [[sambhogakaya]] aspect of [[Amitabha]], particularly associated with longevity. He is mostly depicted sitting and holding in his hands a vessel containing the nectar of immortality. Amitayus is also one of the [[three deities of long life]].  
 
==Transmissions Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*6 June 2010, Murnau, Germany, [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]—oral transmission of prayer & mantra
 
==Internal Links==
*[[Prayer to Amitayus]]
*[[Tsendali]]
 
==External Links==
*{{LH|words-of-the-buddha/sutra-boundless-life|The Sutra of Boundless Life and Wisdom}}


[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]]
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]]

Latest revision as of 15:35, 7 February 2024

Amitayus, from the private collection of Sogyal Rinpoche

Amitayus (Skt. Amitāyus, Tib. ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་, Tsepakmé; Wyl. tshe dpag med), 'The Buddha of Boundless Life' — a sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha, particularly associated with longevity. He is mostly depicted sitting and holding in his hands a vessel containing the nectar of immortality. Amitayus is also one of the three deities of long life.

Transmissions Given to the Rigpa Sangha

  • 6 June 2010, Murnau, Germany, Sogyal Rinpoche—oral transmission of prayer & mantra

Internal Links

External Links