Buddha trikāla
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buddha trikāla (T. dus gsum sangs rgyas དུས་གསུམ་སངས་རྒྱས་; C. sanshi zhufo 三世諸佛).[1][2] Translated as "buddhas of the three times". Refers to all the buddhas of the "three times" (trikāla) of past, present and future. In Tibetan Buddhist art, the "buddhas of the three times" are typically represented by:[3]
- Buddha Dipankara (representing the buddhas of the past),
- Gautama Buddha (the buddha of our present age), and
- Buddha Maitreya (representing the buddhas of the future).
In other traditions, the "buddha of the past" may be represented by Kashyapa or another buddha.[4][5]
Notes
- ↑ Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. trikāla
- ↑
三世諸佛, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ dus gsum sangs rgyas, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ "Buddhas of the three times." Oxford Reference. Retrieved 27 May. 2024, from https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095533817.
- ↑ Who are the Buddhas of the three times?, Lotus Buddhas
Further reading
- Donald S. Lopez Jr. (2018), The Three Times, Rubin Museam of Himalayan Art