Amoghavajra

Portrait of Amoghavajra. Japan, Kamakura Period (14th century)
The Vajradhātu maṇḍala used in Amoghavajra's teachings from the Tattvasaṃgraha.

Amoghavajra (Sanskrit: अमोघवज्र Amoghavajra; Chinese: 不空; pinyin: Bùkōng; Japanese: Fukū; Korean: 불공; Vietnamese: Bất Không, 705–774) was a prolific translator who became one of the most politically powerful Buddhist monks in Chinese history and is acknowledged as one of the Eight Patriarchs of the Doctrine in Shingon Buddhism.


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