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Buddha
Buddha, the "Enlightened One," lived from about 563 BC to about 483 BC. At 29, he gave up his courtly life of comfort for monastic wanderings in search of truth. Six expressions of his state of emotions, ranging from health to wealth. Asians use this as lucky charms for protection and will carry or display whichever situation they wish most luck for. The six states of emotion are: Love Buddha, Prosperity Buddha, Safe Travels Buddha, Longevity Buddha, Spiritual Buddha, and Happy Home Buddha.
There are less known Buddha states we have made attempts to collect these for you as well.
A Buddha is a being -- both human and divine, either male or female -- who has "awakened" from the sleep of ignorance and has purified all evil, a being who has "expanded" limitlessly the power of his or her compassion and accomplished all goodness. A Buddha is a form of life that has achieved the highest evolutionary perfection possible. He or she is perfect wisdom (the experience of the exact nature of reality) and perfect compassion (the embodiment of the will to other's happiness). Buddhahood transcends suffering and death and incorporates the perfected abilities to experience and communicate happiness to all living beings.
In the mystical Buddhism, a set of Five Transcendent Buddhas, or Dhyani Buddhas (Buddhas in Meditation), became popular over the centuries as symbolic of the purity of the five aggregates, the five elements, the five directions, the five colors, the five transmuted addictions, the five wisdoms, and the five Buddha clans. Akshobhya is the paradigm of the Dharma's ability to transmute all the hate of all beings into blue ultimate-reality-perfection wisdom; Vairochana transmutes delusion into white mirror wisdom; Ratnasambhava transmutes pride and avarice into yellow equality wisdom; Amitabha transmutes lust into red discriminating wisdom; and Amoghasiddhi transmutes envy into green all-accomplishing wisdom. However, these are not separate gods. They are just abstract aspects of Buddhahood, often called Tathagata. The are so popular in Nepal that they are found in every stupa, in thousands of Chaityas (small stupas), in courtyards, and painted in the main entrance of the Buddhist house. In Kathmandu, they are also called Panch Buddhas. They are always shown seated in the position of meditation.
The very first principle of Buddhism is impermanence. The only constant in the world is change. This page is by all means no exception. If you are interested in the wisdom of life and the art of living, come see us whenever you get a chance. Better yet, join us on the way to enlightenment.
Seven Factors of Enlightment
- Mindfulness
- Investigation
- Energy
- Rapture
- Tranquillity
- Concentration
- Equanimity
