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(East Asian mythology)
The guardian of wisdom, ‘the unshakable spirit’. One of several forces or formulae personified in Japanese Buddhism. Another is Aizen-myoo, who represents love transformed into desire for illumination. Terrible figures to behold, the wrath of the myoo is only directed against things liable to distract the pilgrim from the true path. Fudo-myoo, an intense saver of souls, is the patron of ascetics.
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 Acala at Mount Koya, Japan
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| Sanskrit: | Acala |
| Chinese: | 不動明王 Budongmingwang |
| Japanese: | 不動明王 Fudō Myōō |
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| Venerated by: | Vajrayana |
| Attributes: | Immovable One |
In Vajrayana Buddhism, Ācala (alternatively, Achala or Acala in Sanskrit, Fudō Myōō in Japan) is the best known of the Five Wisdom Kings of the Womb Realm. He is also known as Ācalanātha, Āryācalanātha, Ācala-vidyā-rāja and Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇa. The Sanskrit termācala means "immovable"; Ācala is also the name of the eighth of the ten stages of the path to become a bodhisattva. His siddham seed-syllabe is "hāṃ".
Ācala is the destroyer of delusion and the protector of Buddhism. His immovability refers to his ability to remain unmoved by carnal temptations. Despite his fearsome appearance, his role is to aid all beings by showing them the teachings of the Buddha, leading them into self-control.
He is seen as a protector and aide in attaining goals. Temples dedicated to Ācala perform a periodic fire ritual in devotion to him.
The buddha Akshobhya, whose name also means "the immovable one", is sometimes merged with Ācala. However, Ācala is not a buddha, but one of the Five Wisdom Kings of the Womb Realm in Vajrayana as found in the Indo-Tibetan tradition, as well as the Japanese Shingon sect of Buddhism.
As Fudō myōō, Ācala is considered one of the Thirteen Buddhas in Japan. Fudō myōō, meaning "Immovable Wisdom King", is the patron deity of the Yamabushi. He usually holds a sword and a lariat, is clad in rags, has one fang pointing up and another pointing down, and a braid on one side of his head. His statues are generally placed near waterfalls and deep in the mountains and in caves.[1]
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