Vairochana Buddha can best be understood in three different ways: as the [1] principal character in a number of Buddhist sutras, [2] a meditational deity used in ritual practices, and [3] a familiar image depicted in early painting and sculpture. Vairochana is also one of the pre-eminent Buddhas in Tantric Buddhism along with Akshobhya and Amitabha. In some Sutra and Tantra explanations Vairochana is seen as a universal form of Shakyamuni Buddha and therefore especially important in the early development and history of Tantric Buddhism.
大日如来即毗卢遮那佛，为五方佛之中央尊，表法界体性智，为佛教密宗所尊奉最高神明，密宗所有佛和菩萨皆自大日如来所出，在金刚界和胎藏界的两部曼荼罗中，大日如来都是居于中央位置，他统率着全部佛和菩萨，是佛教密宗世界的根本佛…（以上摘自“龘藏”）
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编号:Har0658
中文名称:普明大日如来（一面二臂双身）
英文名称:Vairochana Buddha
标签:五方佛
面数:1
主脸脸型:寂静相
脸色:白
主脸眼数:2
头饰:宝冠
手数:2
手持物:法轮 铃
手印:说法印（双手）
翅膀:否
腿:2
姿态:金刚坐
身色:白
双身:是
佛母名称:佛母
佛母面数:1
佛母眼数:2
佛母手数:2
佛母手持物:铃
佛母身色:蓝
佛母姿态:坐抱
