The Adibudhha is the original Buddha, the Buddha from eternity and the supreme being. The Buddha is described as the one who is free from all influences, free from greed and free of all vices besides being the one who has shattered all doubts, darkness and ignorance.
Adibuddha is considered as the one without a beginning and without any end; infinite and self-created; revealing himself in the form of a flame issuing out of a lotus.
He is the exalted one who, for the sake of the universe along with abodes of Gods, set the wheel of doctrine rolling. Among the conquerors, he is the conqueror of the self and thus the greatest or the ultimate of them all. Swayambhu, Vajradhara, Samantabhadra are known as the different forms of Adibuddha. The Adibuddha is Swayambhu because of his being the self-created one.
According to the Mahayana and Vajrayana schools of Buddhism, the Buddhist pantheon is headed by Adibuddha who is supposed to be the first Buddha or the earliest one. In Nepal, he is worshipped as Swayambhu (the self-created one). The presiding stupa of Kathmandu is devoted to him. In reality, he is the idea, the essence and the very concept of Buddhahood.
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