Padma family
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padma family (Skt. padmakula; T. pad ma'i rigs པད་མའི་རིགས་) is one of the "five families" (pañcakula), according to Buddhist tantra.[1]
This family is presided over by the Tathāgata Amitabha.
The Padma family is associated with enlightened speech and discriminating wisdom.[2]
Notes
- ↑
པད་མའི་རིགས་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Thinley Norbu 2016, Chapter 9. Aspects of Buddhahood.
Sources
Thinley Norbu (2016), Echoes: The Boudhanath Teachings, translated by William Koblensky, Boston: Shambhala
External links
- པད་མའི་རིགས་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
pad_ma'i_rigs, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
Lotus family, Rigpa Shedra Wiki