Ratna family
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ratna family (Skt. ratnakula; T. rin po che'i rigs [alt. rin chen rigs]) is one of the "five families" (pañcakula), according to Buddhist tantra.
This family is presided over by the Tathāgata Ratnasambhava.[1]
The Ratna family represents the enlightened qualities, and is associated with the wisdom of equality.[2]
Ratnakula is also the name of the "buddha field" (buddhakṣetra) of the thus-gone one He Who Possesses a Body Adorned with All Jewels/He Who Possesses a Body Adorned, Exalted by All Jewels/Victory Banner at the Pinnacle of Dharma.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་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
- རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་རིགས་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- རིན་ཆེན་རིགས་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Ratna family, Rigpa Shedra Wiki