Samanta Bhadra

Samanta Bhadra(Buddha Shakti)

• Buddha is located in the central circle in union with his consort Samantabhadri.
• His body is naked with deep blue in colour, symbolizing the sky or emptiness of mind.
• Samantabhadri is also naked and white in colour, symbolising the aspect of the clarity of our mind.
• Samantabhadra is the primordial Buddha associated with compassion and is known as a protector of the sutra.
• He is the antecedent (preceding in time or order) of all and the expanse of reality.
• They are another emanation of Adibuddha ,the ever-present potential for Buddhahood, that has always been and always be.
• The word Samanta means “universally extending “.Bhadra means “great virtue”.
• The word Samantabhadra means as Universal virtue and Universal Worthy.
• Like Manjushree, Samantabhadra was an assistant to shakyamuni Buddha.
• Shakyamuni Buddha is a cosmic entity embodying all the bodhisattva, practices and merits which must be fulfilled in order to attain Buddhahood.
• Those who frequently worship Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra would gradually receive his blessing and would become energetic and persistent in their practice of the six paramitas.