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'''The Seven Heroic Buddhas''' ([[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas dpa' bo bdun'') or (Wyl. ''sangs rgyas rabs bdun'')
'''The Seven Heroic Buddhas''' ([[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas dpa' bo bdun'' or ''sangs rgyas rabs bdun'') are, according to the [[Basic vehicle]]: [[Buddha Shakyamuni]], who attained [[enlightenment]] during this present [[kalpa]], and the six buddhas who preceded him, each one presiding over a [[Fortunate Aeon]].


#[[Vipashyin]] (''rnam gzigs'')
#[[Vipashyin]] (''rnam gzigs'')
#[[Shikhin]] (''gtsug tor can'')
#[[Shikhin]] (''gtsug gtor can'')
#[[Vishvabhukra]] (''thams cad skyob'')
#[[Vishvabhukra]] (''thams cad skyob'')
#[[Krakucchandra]] (''‘khor ba ‘jig'')
#[[Krakucchandra]] (''‘khor ba ‘jig'')

Revision as of 11:39, 20 June 2008

The Seven Heroic Buddhas (Wyl. sangs rgyas dpa' bo bdun or sangs rgyas rabs bdun) are, according to the Basic vehicle: Buddha Shakyamuni, who attained enlightenment during this present kalpa, and the six buddhas who preceded him, each one presiding over a Fortunate Aeon.

  1. Vipashyin (rnam gzigs)
  2. Shikhin (gtsug gtor can)
  3. Vishvabhukra (thams cad skyob)
  4. Krakucchandra (‘khor ba ‘jig)
  5. Kanakamuni (gser thub)
  6. Kashyapa (‘od srung)
  7. Shakyamuni (shakya thub pa)