The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c10.s8.3
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c10.s8.3
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c10.s8.3
Attempts have been made to establish a fantastic connection between the last five Mortal Buddhas and the five Dhyāni Buddhas and their Bodhisattvas by holding that the Divine Bodhisattvas discharge their duties of creation through the agency of the five Mortal Buddhas. The theory may be current in Tibet; it may ingeniously establish a new connection and may find strong support from scholars, but it is against all Tāntric traditions of India.