Buddha family

The buddha family or tathagata family (Skt. tathāgatakula; Tib. དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པའི་རིགས་ deshyin shekpé rik; Wyl. de bzhin gshegs pa'i rigs) is one of the five buddha families and is linked to the transmutation of ignorance. Vairochana is the central buddha of this family.