B U D D H A S
Thangka paintings of the Buddha can include Shakyamuni Buddha, the Awakened One, as well as the five Jinas (also known as the Dhyani Buddhas) or Victorious Ones. The Jinas each have different body colors and families, and are wearing monk’s robes. As seen in the Santa Fe wall painting, “The Five Jinas (Dhyani Buddhas)”:
Ratnasambhava - yellow
Amoghasiddhi - green
Vairocana - white
Amitabha - red
Akshobya - blue
Some of the Buddhas are wearing Bodhisattva clothing because they are in “activity mode”, shifting from emptiness to activity for the benefit of beings. These Buddhas include:
Vajrasattva - white
Amitayus - red
Vajradhara - blue
Medicine Buddha - blue
Samantabhadra (Kuntu Zangpo) - blue
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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The Five Jinas (Dhyani Buddhas)
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Amitabha Buddha, Tsongkhapa, Chenrezig
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni, Renunciation Gesture
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha in Tushita Heavens
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha Serthang (Gold Painting)
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Teaching Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha, Detail
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Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha
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Guru Shakyamuni Senghe
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Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas
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Brahma Offering Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha
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Life of Buddha
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Amitabha Buddha in Sukhavati
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Amitayus Buddha
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Amitayus Buddha
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Amitayus Buddha
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Vajradhara
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Vajradhara and 5 Deities
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Vajradhara Buddha
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Vajradhara Yab-yum
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Vajrasattva
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Vajrasattva Yab-yum
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Medicine Buddha
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Medicine Buddha
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Medicine Buddha
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Ratnasambhava
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Vairocana at Santa Fe Stupa
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Crowned Vairocana and Four Jinas
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Buddha Kuntuzangpo
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Kuntuzangpo Yab-yum
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Akshobya Buddha
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Rainbow Buddha
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Amitayus
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Vajradhara
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Vajrasattva
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Medicine Buddha
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Vajrasattva Marthang
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Amitahba
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Dorje Sempa (Vajrasattva)
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Vajrasattva
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Parinirvana of Shakyamuni in Recling Pose
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Vajradhara
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Amithaba
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Vajrasattva
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Shakyamuni Returning from Tushita Heavens
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Amitayus
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Life of Buddha, Subjugation of Demons and Enlightenment
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Amitabha Buddha (Marthang)
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Amoghasiddhi
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Shakyamuni
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Shakyamuni Mandala
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Vajrasattva
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Amitayus
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Amoghasiddhi
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Ratnasambhava
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Buddha Rainbow Body of Light (Sangye Ozer)
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Medicine Buddha
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Medicine Buddha
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Vajradhara
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Medicine Buddha
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Amitabha
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Vajradhara
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Shakyamuni, Past lives
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Vajradhara
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The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya
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Amoghasiddha
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Amoghasiddhi
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Buddha Shakyamuni and Disciples
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The Five Jinas
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Previous Lives of the Buddha
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Ratnasambhava
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Shakyamuni
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Shakyamuni Buddha and Disciples
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Ratna Sambhava and 1000 Buddhas
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Amitabha in his Pure Land
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Amitabha with Padmapani & Vajrapani
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Shakyamuni
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Manjusri
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Shakyamuni
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Akshobya
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Amitabha
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Amitabha Yabyum (Marthang)
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Amitayus (Marthang)
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Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
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Birth of Shakyamuni Buddha
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Birth Stories of the Buddha
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Buddha
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Life of Buddha, Performance of Miracles
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Life of Buddha, Cutting Hair
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Life of Buddha, Descent from Tushita Heaven
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Life of Buddha, Paranirvana
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Life of Buddha
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Life of Buddha, Turning Wheel of the Dharma
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Maitreya
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Scenes from the Life of Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Jaktata Tales
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Shakyamuni, 12 Deeds
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Shakymuni and Two Jatakas
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Life of Buddha , Study and Four Excursions
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Vajradhara
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Vajrasattva (Marthang)
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Vajrasattva
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Buddha with Bodhisatvas and Disciples
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Shakyamuni in Teaching Mudra
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Shakyamuni Under the Bodhi tree
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Devotees of Shakyamuni Buddha
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Buddha Returning from the Tushita Heavens
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Medicine Buddha
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Ratnasambhava
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Devotees of the Buddha
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Shakyamuni Buddha
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Shakyamuni Teaching Mudra
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Standing Buddha
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Vairocana
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24 Buddhas of the Past
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Buddha
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White Buddha Yab Yum
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Medicine Buddha
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Shakyamuni
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Vajrasattva
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Vajrasattva Yabyum
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24 Buddhas of the Past
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Medicine Buddha
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Amitabha
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Shakyamuni in Stupa
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Shakyamuni Return From Tushita Heavens to Visit His Mother
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Vajrasattva
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Thousand Buddhas