Ratnasambhava- Buddhist GodDeity"Jewel-Born One"
Also known as: Ratnasaṃbhava, Hōshō Nyorai, Baosheng Fo, Rinchen Jungne, and 宝生如来
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Golden as ripe grain, seated on a throne borne by horses, Ratnasambhava extends his right hand palm-outward in the varada mudra. He presides over the southern quarter of the Five Buddha mandala, where pride dissolves into the wisdom of equality.
Mythology & Lore
The Southern Quarter
In the mandala of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, Ratnasambhava occupies the south. His skin is the yellow of smelted gold. Horses bear his lotus throne. His right hand drops open, palm outward, fingers pointing down: the varada mudra, the gesture of supreme giving. In his left palm rests the cintamani, a jewel that grants whatever is asked.
The Vajrasekhara Sutra places him at the point of noon, when light falls strongest and shadows run shortest. A practitioner visualizing the mandala meets Ratnasambhava at that meridian. Yellow light radiates from his body into the meditator's chest, and what it dissolves is pride. In Vajrayana, those prone to arrogance or fixation on status belong to the Ratna Family and work with this Buddha specifically. His open hand gives freely because, in the wisdom of equality, there is nothing to hoard and no one to hoard it from.
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