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Aksobhya - HUM

timeless in the time, the

eternity in the moment, the

formlessness in the form

(Form is emptiness;

emptiness is form).

Aksobhya is the mystic

Buddha in the five Dhyani

Buddhas. He represents two

aspects of Emptiness and

Form. In the Diamond

Vehicle School tradition,

Mahavairocana and

Aksobhya could exchange

their position freely

depending on how they feel at

the moment while they

meditate on Emptiness or

form, liberation or

salvation.

In the Mandala of

Vajradhatu, Aksobhya Buddha appears majestically with his dark

blue body holding a diamond in his hand, sitting on two white

elephants in the East at sunrise. His aura is pure and clear like the

primary element of water. His Mudra is the Bhumi Sparca.

Ratnasambhava Buddha symbolizes the wisdom of equality
of all beings. His seed-syllable is “Trah”. It symbolizes the
enlightenment of consciousness of an indiscriminate mind.
Enlightenment is a change in spirit that is not different from the
past or contrary to the present in terms of reasoning. Instead it is
a change in feelings, according to the aggregate of sensation.
The spirit is lively with compassion and forgiving virtue. He