[Buddha-l] 7 Day Buddha

[Weng-Fai Wong]

On a related note... in Thai Buddhism, there is also the "7 Day Buddhas"
thingy - http://www.buddha-images.com/seven-days.asp

W.F. Wong

> -----Original Message-----
> From: buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com [mailto:buddha-l-
> bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Dan Lusthaus
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 6:32 PM
> To: Buddhist discussion forum
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l]O? MA?I PAD ME HU? (was: Re: "Western Self, Asian
> Other" )
> 
> Thanks, Chris for the 6 Buddha correlative theory. One minor correction.
> What you are quoting is not what "Dan Lusthaus wrote," but what Alexander
> Studholme wrote in his book _The Origins of Om Manipadme Hum: A Study of
> the
> Karandavyuha Sutra_ SUNY Press, 2002.
> 
> The Dalai Lama, on the site I previously gave a link to, mentions *five*
> Buddhas re: Om mani padme hum. " In terms of the seed syllables of the
> five
> Conqueror Buddhas, hum is the seed syllable of Akshobhya - the immovable,
> the unfluctuating, that which cannot be disturbed by anything."
> 
> The link, again: http://www.circle-of-light.com/Mantras/om-mantra.html
> 
> Since Om can be broken into 3 syllables (a-u-m), shall we go for eight
> Buddhas? A-U-M ma-ni pad-me hum? (or seven, if a-um ma-ni pad-me hum?) If
> we
> give each ak.sara (letter) its own corresponding bija we could get 10
> Buddhas or more (depending on how you treat the vowels).
> 
> Dan
> 
> > In the Tibetan tradition the *six* Buddhas that the syllables of the
> > sa?ak?ara mantra of Avalokitesvara, O? MA?I PAD ME HU?, are associated
> > with are the six nirma?akaya muni (sprul-sku  thub-drug)~ aspects of
> > Buddha (/Avalokitesvara) said to manifest in the six realms of living
> > beings:
> 
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