Item: Vajradhara Buddha - with the 84 Mahasiddhas

Vajradhara, Buddha (Tibetan: dor je chang, sang gye. English: the Vajra Holder, Enlightened One). The primordial buddha, personification of the dharmakaya - truth body of enlightenment and progenitor of the Vajrayana system of Buddhism.

Video: HAR #7583 (HAR on Patreon)

Peaceful in appearance, blue in colour, with an attractive face, he has the two hands folded across the heart in the gesture of non-duality. The right hand holds a vajra sceptre and the left a vajra-handled bell. Beautifully adorned with a five-pointed crown of gold. With gold jewels, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets and a girdle, he wears an upper garment of red. The lower body is attired in a red and blue skirt decorated with gold. Seated in vajra posture with the legs interlocked atop a lion supported throne.

Surrounding the central figure arranged in registers are the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas according to the system of Vajrasana.

Jeff Watt [updated 8-2022]

Sanskrit: Vajradhara Tibetan: Dor je chang