Adibuddha

Skt., adibuddha: Self-originated Buddha
Tib., thog-mahi Sangs-rgyas (Thogma Sangya)

• The self-originated, aboriginal or "Primordeal Buddha" on the dharmakaya level of being. Although intrinsically unmanifested and invisible, he is represented and visualized in one or two celestial manifestations: Vajradhara (Tib., Dorjechang, rDo-rJe-hChang; "diamond holder") and/or Vajrasattva (Tib., rDo-rje sems-dpa'; "diamond nature").
• In the oldest texts and among the Nyingmapa, it is Samantabhadra who is regarded as the dharmakaya-level Adi-buddha.
• Again in other schools, the Sambhogakaya Buddha Vairocana is seen as such.

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