Ratnasambhava Mugs

Golden Buddha of the south associated with abundance and generosity. He holds the chintamani or wish fulfilling gem in his left hand and his right palm is outstretched in the mudra of giving.

Ratnasambhava amongst horses

Ratnasambhava, the golden Buddha of the southern realm is associated with jewels, generosity and mid day.

Ratnasambhava is the golden Buddha of the south associated with mid day, generosity and abundance. He sits on a throne supported by horses.

Ancient 12th-century Buddhist thangka from Kadampa Monastery (Central Tibet). Ratnasambhava, the Buddha that presides over the southern direction, is one of the Buddhas of the Five Families, each associated with a cardinal direction. Jina – meaning victorious was a title more often used for spiritual masters of Tīrthaṅkaras from the Jaina tradition. But the title was also used for Dhyani Buddhas in the Vajrayana tradition.

Mamaki, the golden yellow female Buddha, consort of Ratnasambhava holds the Chintamani, the wish fulfilling gem.

In the ritual practices of Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, it is recognized that if the practitioner relies only on the recitation of Esoteric incantations and observation of mandalas, it is impossible to reach the realm in which one becomes a Buddha, and for this, it is also necessary to practice the five forms of meditation in order to acquire the five types of wisdom. When Sakyamuni completed the ten steps in the practice of becoming a Bodhisattva, he also entered samadhi. The lower half of this thangka depicts him enduring the disciplines entailing suffering (lower right corner), the second his Esoteric practices (lower center) and debating Buddhist concepts, demonstrating the path Sakyamuni had to follow to acquire the five types of wisdom.