PANCHA BUDDHA

 Pancha Buddha means five Buddha’s. The structure of five Buddha’s in one is explained in different ways. According to Mahayana Buddhism, all these Buddha’s embody different qualities of Buddhahood where as the ethical system of Buddhism takes them merely as the different aspects of the Buddha. The five Buddhas are the following: 

Buddha Vairochana whose position is at the center. His gesture is Dharmachakra Mudra and the element he represents is ether.

Buddha Akshobhya of the east sits with Bhumisparsa mudra and his cosmic representation is that of water.      

Buddha Amitabha of the west portrays Dhyana mudra. The cosmic element he represents is fire.      

Buddha Ratnasambhav has his position in the south seated with Barad mudra. The cosmic element he represents is earth.      

Buddha Amoghsiddhi of the north sits with Abhaya mudra. The cosmic element represented by him is air. 

All the Buddhas represent different aspects and colours and that their symbols, vehicles etc. are also different form each other.