Item: Amitayus Buddha - Amitayus

Amitayus, Buddha (Tibetan: tse pag me. English: the Enlightened One of Immesurable Life) Lord of Limitless Life and Pristine Awareness, in the Sambogakaya aspect (Enjoyment Body) of a Buddha.

Amitayus Tibetan: Tse pag me

"Bhagavan Lord of Limitless Life and Pristine Awareness with a body red in colour, one face, two hands and with two long eyes glancing with compassion on beings, gazing on the entirety of migrators; and a smiling face, wearing the complete sambhogakaya vestments. Above the two hands held in meditation is a long-life vase filled with the nectar of immortality; with the hair in tufts, adorned with silks and jewels, seated in vajra posture, the body blazing with the shining light of the [32] marks and [80] examples." (Sakya Tridzin Kunga Tashi, 1656-1711).

Common to all traditions of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism Amitayus primarily belongs to the three lower Tantra classifications. In the Nyingma tradition, there are both Kama (Oral) and Terma (Treasure) lineages of practice.

Jeff Watt 9-1998 [12-2008]

Thematic Sets
Subject: Three Long-life Deities
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Textile)
Textile: Main Page
Textile: Masterworks (纺织品, འཐག་དྲུབ་མ།)
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha, 无量寿佛, སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད། (Masterworks)
Collection of RMA: Textile Masterworks
Publication: Tibet, Tradition & Change (Painting)
Textile: Applique Introduction
Textile: Appliqué Masterworks
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Aparimitāyurjñāna, 无量寿佛, སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Textile Page
Textile: Applique Artwork Main Page
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Source Texts