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	<blockquote>The divine, purely Adi-Buddhic monad manifests as the universal Buddhi (the Mahâbuddhi or [[Mahat]] in Hindu philosophies) the spiritual, omniscient and omnipotent root of divine intelligence, the highest [[Anima Mundi\|anima mundi]] or the [[Logos]]. This descends “like a flame spreading from the eternal Fire, immoveable, without increase or decrease, ever the same to the end” of the cycle of existence, and becomes universal life on the Mundane Plane. From this Plane of conscious Life shoot out, like seven fiery tongues, the Sons of Light (the logoi of Life); then the Dhyani-Buddhas of contemplation: the concrete forms of their formless Fathers—the Seven Sons of Light, still themselves, to whom may be applied the Brahmanical mystic phrase: “Thou art ‘THAT’—Brahm.” It is from these Dhyani-Buddhas that emanate their chhayas (Shadows) the Bodhisattvas of the celestial realms, the prototypes of the super-terrestrial Bodhisattvas, and of the terrestrial Buddhas, and finally of men. The “Seven Sons of Light” are also called “Stars.”<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 572.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The divine, purely Adi-Buddhic monad manifests as the universal Buddhi (the Mahâbuddhi or [[Mahat]] in Hindu philosophies) the spiritual, omniscient and omnipotent root of divine intelligence, the highest [[Anima Mundi\|anima mundi]] or the [[Logos]]. This descends “like a flame spreading from the eternal Fire, immoveable, without increase or decrease, ever the same to the end” of the cycle of existence, and becomes universal life on the Mundane Plane. From this Plane of conscious Life shoot out, like seven fiery tongues, the Sons of Light (the logoi of Life); then the Dhyani-Buddhas of contemplation: the concrete forms of their formless Fathers—the Seven Sons of Light, still themselves, to whom may be applied the Brahmanical mystic phrase: “Thou art ‘THAT’—Brahm.” It is from these Dhyani-Buddhas that emanate their chhayas (Shadows) the Bodhisattvas of the celestial realms, the prototypes of the super-terrestrial Bodhisattvas, and of the terrestrial Buddhas, and finally of men. The “Seven Sons of Light” are also called “Stars.”<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 572.</ref></blockquote>

	==~~Online~~ resources==		== Additional resources ==
	===Articles===		=== Articles ===
	*[~~http~~://www.theosophy.ph/~~encyclo~~/~~index.php?title=%C4%80di~~-~~Buddha#~~ Ādi-Buddha] ~~at Theosopedia~~		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/adi-buddha Ādi-Buddha] in Theosophy World

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	Adi-Buddha can be regarded as a deity in an [[Emanation\|emanationist]] sense. Though all Buddhist figures are said to be emanations of the Adi-Buddha, ~~certain famous~~ Bodhisattvas are revered as its ~~actual personality (often referred to as [[Dharmakāya]], or "body of reality")~~. ~~For example, in the Nyingma school, Adibuddha is Samantabhadra, the Spirit of Truth;~~ in the Gelug and Kagyu schools, Vajradhara (Tib. Dorje Chang) ~~is regarded as~~ Adi-Buddha; while in Shingon Buddhism it is Vairocana (Jap. Dainchi Nyorai).		Adi-Buddha or "first Buddha" is associated with [[Dharmakaya\|''dharmakāya'']] (or "body of reality"). It can be regarded as a deity in an [[Emanation\|emanationist]] sense. Though all Buddhist figures are said to be emanations of the Adi-Buddha, the five Tathāgatas or [[Dhyani-Buddha#In_Tibetan_Buddhism\|Dhyani-Buddha]]s and their Dhyani-Bodhisattvas are revered as emanations of its five qualities.

			While in the Gelug and Kagyu schools Adi-Buddha is regarded as Vajradhara (Tib. Dorje Chang), in the Nyingma school Adi-Buddha is Samantabhadra, the Spirit of Truth; while in Shingon Buddhism it is Vairocana (Jap. Dainchi Nyorai).

	=== Blavatsky's view ===		=== Blavatsky's view ===

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	'''Adi-Buddha''' (devanāgarī: आदि बुद्ध, Ādi-Buddha) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''[[ādi]]'' ("first") and ''buddha'', meaning the "Primordial Buddha." In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] the term refers to a self-emanating, self-originating [[Buddha]], present before anything else existed. Although not a creator, it is the originator of all things. In Theosophical literature it is frequently used as a synonym of the [[Absolute\|Absolute Reality]].		'''Adi-Buddha''' (devanāgarī: आदि बुद्ध, Ādi-Buddha) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''[[Adi\|ādi]]'' ("first") and ''buddha'', meaning the "Primordial Buddha." In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] the term refers to a self-emanating, self-originating [[Buddha]], present before anything else existed. Although not a creator, it is the originator of all things. In Theosophical literature it is frequently used as a synonym of the [[Absolute\|Absolute Reality]].

	== In Vajrayana Buddhism ==		== In Vajrayana Buddhism ==

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	Mme. Blavatsky mentions "the Boundless Ādi-Buddhi (primeval and Universal Soul)" as a term related to Âdi-Buddha or Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 425.</ref> In [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters'']], Ādi-Buddhi is identified with Yin Sin, "the one form of existence", and also with [[Dharmakāya]], "the mystic, universally diffused essence".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref>		Mme. Blavatsky mentions "the Boundless Ādi-Buddhi (primeval and Universal Soul)" as a term related to Âdi-Buddha or Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 425.</ref> In [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters'']], Ādi-Buddhi is identified with Yin Sin, "the one form of existence", and also with [[Dharmakāya]], "the mystic, universally diffused essence".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref>

	''Adi-buddhi'' is also the source of the intelligence shown by the collectivity of celestial beings ([[Dhyan-Chohan]]s) that constitute the [[Logos]] ~~of a system~~:		''Adi-buddhi'' is also the source of the intelligence shown by the collectivity of celestial beings ([[Dhyan-Chohan]]s) that constitute the deity of a system ([[Logos]]):

	<blockquote>The divine, purely Adi-Buddhic monad manifests as the universal [[Buddhi]] (the Mahâbuddhi or [[Mahat]] in Hindu philosophies) the spiritual, omniscient and omnipotent root of divine intelligence, the highest [[Anima Mundi\|anima mundi]] or the Logos.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 572.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The divine, purely Adi-Buddhic monad manifests as the universal [[Buddhi]] (the Mahâbuddhi or [[Mahat]] in Hindu philosophies) the spiritual, omniscient and omnipotent root of divine intelligence, the highest [[Anima Mundi\|anima mundi]] or the Logos.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 572.</ref></blockquote>

			<blockquote>The true Buddhist, recognising no “personal god,” nor any “Father” and “Creator of Heaven and Earth,” still believes in an absolute consciousness, “Adi-Buddhi.”<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 635.</ref></blockquote>

	<blockquote>[[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]] plus [[Maya]] becomes [[Ishvara\|Iswar]] the creative principle—a power commonly called [[God]] which disappears and dies with the rest when [[pralaya]] comes. Or you may hold with the northern Buddhist philosophers and call it Adi-Buddhi, the all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its periodically manifesting Divinity—“[[Avalokiteshvara\|Avalokiteshvara]]” (a manwantaric intelligent nature crowned with humanity)—the mystic name given by us to the hosts of the Dhyan Chohans (N.B., the solar Dhyan Chohans or the host of only our solar system) taken collectively, which host represents the mother source, the aggregate amount of all the intelligences that were, are or ever will be, whether on our string of man-bearing planets or on any part or portion of our solar system. And this will bring you by analogy to see that in its turn Adi-Buddhi (as its very name translated literally implies) is the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences including that of the Dhyan Chohans even of the highest order.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 181.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>[[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]] plus [[Maya]] becomes [[Ishvara\|Iswar]] the creative principle—a power commonly called [[God]] which disappears and dies with the rest when [[pralaya]] comes. Or you may hold with the northern Buddhist philosophers and call it Adi-Buddhi, the all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its periodically manifesting Divinity—“[[Avalokiteshvara\|Avalokiteshvara]]” (a manwantaric intelligent nature crowned with humanity)—the mystic name given by us to the hosts of the Dhyan Chohans (N.B., the solar Dhyan Chohans or the host of only our solar system) taken collectively, which host represents the mother source, the aggregate amount of all the intelligences that were, are or ever will be, whether on our string of man-bearing planets or on any part or portion of our solar system. And this will bring you by analogy to see that in its turn Adi-Buddhi (as its very name translated literally implies) is the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences including that of the Dhyan Chohans even of the highest order.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 181.</ref></blockquote>

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	== In Theosophy ==		== In Theosophy ==

	The Theosophical literature regards Adi-Buddha as [[Parabrahman]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 117.</ref><ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 111 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 379.</ref> or sometimes as an aspect of it, related to the Absolute Wisdom. For example, [[H. P. Blavatsky]] says that Ādi-Buddha is "the Wisdom-Principle, which is Absolute, and therefore out of space and time". Although this interpretation may sound unorthodox from the Buddhist point of view, she says in a footnote that this is an esoteric interpretation "taken from the secret portions of Dus-Kyi Khorlo (Kâla-Chakra, in Sanskrit, or the “Wheel of Time,” or duration)".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 391.</ref> In other writings she also defines Adi-Buddha as "Primordial Universal Wisdom"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 339.</ref> and a symbol of "the universal and abstract principle of divine wisdom."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 343.</ref>		The Theosophical literature regards Adi-Buddha as [[Parabrahman]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 117.</ref><ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 111 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 379.</ref> or sometimes as an aspect of it, related to the Absolute Wisdom. For example, [[H. P. Blavatsky]] says that Ādi-Buddha is "the Wisdom-Principle, which is Absolute, and therefore out of space and time". Although this interpretation may sound unorthodox from the Buddhist point of view, she says in a footnote that this is an esoteric interpretation "taken from the secret portions of Dus-Kyi Khorlo (Kâla-Chakra, in Sanskrit, or the “Wheel of Time,” or duration)".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 391.</ref> In other writings she also defines Adi-Buddha as "Primordial Universal Wisdom"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 339.</ref> and a symbol of "the universal and abstract principle of divine wisdom."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 343.</ref> She added that "Parabrahman or Adi-Buddha is eternally manifesting itself as [[Jīvātma\|Jivatma]] ([[Seventh Principle\|7th principle]]) or [[Avalokiteshvara\|Avalokiteswara]]."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 179.</ref>

	=== Adi-Buddhi ===		=== Adi-Buddhi ===

	Mme. Blavatsky mentions "the Boundless Ādi-Buddhi (primeval and Universal Soul)" as a term related to Âdi-Buddha or Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 425.</ref> In [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters'']] Ādi-Buddhi is identified with Yin Sin, "the one form of existence", and also with [[Dharmakāya]], "the mystic, universally diffused essence".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref> Ādi-Buddhi is also defined as: "the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences including that of the [[Dhyāni-Chohan\|Dhyan Chohan]]s even of the highest order" and "the all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its periodically manifesting Divinity — [[Avalokiteśvara\|Avalokiteshvara]]".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 181.</ref>		Mme. Blavatsky mentions "the Boundless Ādi-Buddhi (primeval and Universal Soul)" as a term related to Âdi-Buddha or Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 425.</ref> In [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters'']], Ādi-Buddhi is identified with Yin Sin, "the one form of existence", and also with [[Dharmakāya]], "the mystic, universally diffused essence".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref>

	~~The connection with Avalokiteshvara~~ is also ~~mentioned~~ by ~~Mme. Blavatsky~~, ~~who wrote that "Parabrahman or~~ Adi-~~Buddha is eternally manifesting itself~~ as [[~~Jīvātma\|Jivatma~~]] ([[~~Seventh Principle~~\|~~7th principle~~]]) or ~~Avalokiteswara"~~.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''~~Collected Writings~~'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, ~~1989~~), ~~179~~.</ref>		''Adi-buddhi'' is also the source of the intelligence shown by the collectivity of celestial beings ([[Dhyan-Chohan]]s) that constitute the [[Logos]] of a system:

			<blockquote>The divine, purely Adi-Buddhic monad manifests as the universal [[Buddhi]] (the Mahâbuddhi or [[Mahat]] in Hindu philosophies) the spiritual, omniscient and omnipotent root of divine intelligence, the highest [[Anima Mundi\|anima mundi]] or the Logos.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 572.</ref></blockquote>

			<blockquote>[[Parabrahman\|Parabrahm]] plus [[Maya]] becomes [[Ishvara\|Iswar]] the creative principle—a power commonly called [[God]] which disappears and dies with the rest when [[pralaya]] comes. Or you may hold with the northern Buddhist philosophers and call it Adi-Buddhi, the all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its periodically manifesting Divinity—“[[Avalokiteshvara\|Avalokiteshvara]]” (a manwantaric intelligent nature crowned with humanity)—the mystic name given by us to the hosts of the Dhyan Chohans (N.B., the solar Dhyan Chohans or the host of only our solar system) taken collectively, which host represents the mother source, the aggregate amount of all the intelligences that were, are or ever will be, whether on our string of man-bearing planets or on any part or portion of our solar system. And this will bring you by analogy to see that in its turn Adi-Buddhi (as its very name translated literally implies) is the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences including that of the Dhyan Chohans even of the highest order.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 181.</ref></blockquote>

	== Adi-Buddhic hierarchy ==		== Adi-Buddhic hierarchy ==

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	'''Adi-Buddha''' (devanāgarī: आदि बुद्ध, Ādi-Buddha) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''ādi'' ("first") and ''buddha'', meaning the "Primordial Buddha." In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] the term refers to a self-emanating, self-originating [[Buddha]], present before anything else existed. Although not a creator, it is the originator of all things. In Theosophical literature it is frequently used as a synonym of the [[Absolute\|Absolute Reality]].		'''Adi-Buddha''' (devanāgarī: आदि बुद्ध, Ādi-Buddha) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''[[ādi]]'' ("first") and ''buddha'', meaning the "Primordial Buddha." In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] the term refers to a self-emanating, self-originating [[Buddha]], present before anything else existed. Although not a creator, it is the originator of all things. In Theosophical literature it is frequently used as a synonym of the [[Absolute\|Absolute Reality]].

	== In Vajrayana Buddhism ==		== In Vajrayana Buddhism ==

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	The Theosophical literature regards Adi-Buddha as [[Parabrahman]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 117.</ref><ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 111 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 379.</ref> or sometimes as an aspect of it, related to the Absolute Wisdom. For example, [[H. P. Blavatsky]] says that Ādi-Buddha is "the Wisdom-Principle, which is Absolute, and therefore out of space and time". Although this interpretation may sound unorthodox from the Buddhist point of view, she says in a footnote that this is an esoteric interpretation "taken from the secret portions of Dus-Kyi Khorlo (Kâla-Chakra, in Sanskrit, or the “Wheel of Time,” or duration)".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 391.</ref> In other writings she also defines Adi-Buddha as "Primordial Universal Wisdom"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 339.</ref> and a symbol of "the universal and abstract principle of divine wisdom."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 343.</ref>		The Theosophical literature regards Adi-Buddha as [[Parabrahman]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 117.</ref><ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 111 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 379.</ref> or sometimes as an aspect of it, related to the Absolute Wisdom. For example, [[H. P. Blavatsky]] says that Ādi-Buddha is "the Wisdom-Principle, which is Absolute, and therefore out of space and time". Although this interpretation may sound unorthodox from the Buddhist point of view, she says in a footnote that this is an esoteric interpretation "taken from the secret portions of Dus-Kyi Khorlo (Kâla-Chakra, in Sanskrit, or the “Wheel of Time,” or duration)".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 391.</ref> In other writings she also defines Adi-Buddha as "Primordial Universal Wisdom"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 339.</ref> and a symbol of "the universal and abstract principle of divine wisdom."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 343.</ref>

	=== ~~Ādi~~-Buddhi ===		=== Adi-Buddhi ===

	Mme. Blavatsky mentions "the Boundless ~~Âdi~~-Buddhi (primeval and Universal Soul)" as a term related to Âdi-Buddha or Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 425.</ref> In [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters'']] Ādi-Buddhi is identified with Yin Sin, "the one form of existence", and also with [[Dharmakāya]], "the mystic, universally diffused essence".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref> Ādi-Buddhi is also defined as: "the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences including that of the [[Dhyāni-Chohan\|Dhyan Chohan]]s even of the highest order" and "the all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its periodically manifesting Divinity — [[Avalokiteśvara\|Avalokiteshvara]]".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 181.</ref>		Mme. Blavatsky mentions "the Boundless Ādi-Buddhi (primeval and Universal Soul)" as a term related to Âdi-Buddha or Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 425.</ref> In [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters'']] Ādi-Buddhi is identified with Yin Sin, "the one form of existence", and also with [[Dharmakāya]], "the mystic, universally diffused essence".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref> Ādi-Buddhi is also defined as: "the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences including that of the [[Dhyāni-Chohan\|Dhyan Chohan]]s even of the highest order" and "the all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its periodically manifesting Divinity — [[Avalokiteśvara\|Avalokiteshvara]]".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 181.</ref>

	The connection with Avalokiteshvara is also mentioned by Mme. Blavatsky, who wrote that "Parabrahman or Adi-Buddha is eternally manifesting itself as [[Jīvātma\|Jivatma]] ([[Seventh Principle\|7th principle]]) or Avalokiteswara".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 179.</ref>		The connection with Avalokiteshvara is also mentioned by Mme. Blavatsky, who wrote that "Parabrahman or Adi-Buddha is eternally manifesting itself as [[Jīvātma\|Jivatma]] ([[Seventh Principle\|7th principle]]) or Avalokiteswara".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 179.</ref>

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	'''~~Ādi~~-Buddha''' (devanāgarī: आदि बुद्ध) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''ādi'' ("first") and ''buddha'', meaning the "Primordial Buddha." In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] the term refers to a self-emanating, self-originating [[Buddha]], present before anything else existed. Although not a creator, it is the originator of all things. In Theosophical literature it is frequently used as a synonym of the [[Absolute\|Absolute Reality]].		'''Adi-Buddha''' (devanāgarī: आदि बुद्ध, Ādi-Buddha) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''ādi'' ("first") and ''buddha'', meaning the "Primordial Buddha." In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] the term refers to a self-emanating, self-originating [[Buddha]], present before anything else existed. Although not a creator, it is the originator of all things. In Theosophical literature it is frequently used as a synonym of the [[Absolute\|Absolute Reality]].

	== In Vajrayana Buddhism ==		== In Vajrayana Buddhism ==

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	#~~redirect~~ [[Ādi-Buddha]]		'''Ādi-Buddha''' (devanāgarī: आदि बुद्ध) is a compound [[Sanskrit]] term from ''ādi'' ("first") and ''buddha'', meaning the "Primordial Buddha." In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] the term refers to a self-emanating, self-originating [[Buddha]], present before anything else existed. Although not a creator, it is the originator of all things. In Theosophical literature it is frequently used as a synonym of the [[Absolute\|Absolute Reality]].

			== In Vajrayana Buddhism ==

			Adi-Buddha can be regarded as a deity in an [[Emanation\|emanationist]] sense. Though all Buddhist figures are said to be emanations of the Adi-Buddha, certain famous Bodhisattvas are revered as its actual personality (often referred to as [[Dharmakāya]], or "body of reality"). For example, in the Nyingma school, Adibuddha is Samantabhadra, the Spirit of Truth; in the Gelug and Kagyu schools, Vajradhara (Tib. Dorje Chang) is regarded as Adi-Buddha; while in Shingon Buddhism it is Vairocana (Jap. Dainchi Nyorai).

			=== Blavatsky's view ===

			Mme. Blavatsky followed the tradition of the Gelug school identifying Adi-Buddha with Vajradhara:

			<blockquote>Ādi-Buddha is Vajradhara, and the [[Dhyāni-Buddha]]s are Vajrasattva; yet though these two are different Beings on their respective planes, they are identical in fact, one acting through the other, as a Dhyāni through a human Buddha)".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 392.</ref></blockquote>

			However, in another passage, Vajradhara is not equated to Adi-Buddha, but rather seen as the [[Logos#First Logos\|First Logos]] [[radiation\|radiating]] from the [[Absolute]]:

			<blockquote>In the esoteric, and even exoteric Buddhism of the North, Adi Buddha (Chogi dangpoi sangye), the One unknown, without beginning or end, identical with [[Parabrahm]] and [[Ain-Soph]], emits a bright ray from its darkness.<br>
			This is the Logos (the first), or Vajradhara, the Supreme Buddha (also called Dorjechang).<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 571.</ref></blockquote>

			== In Theosophy ==

			The Theosophical literature regards Adi-Buddha as [[Parabrahman]]<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 117.</ref><ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 111 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 379.</ref> or sometimes as an aspect of it, related to the Absolute Wisdom. For example, [[H. P. Blavatsky]] says that Ādi-Buddha is "the Wisdom-Principle, which is Absolute, and therefore out of space and time". Although this interpretation may sound unorthodox from the Buddhist point of view, she says in a footnote that this is an esoteric interpretation "taken from the secret portions of Dus-Kyi Khorlo (Kâla-Chakra, in Sanskrit, or the “Wheel of Time,” or duration)".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 391.</ref> In other writings she also defines Adi-Buddha as "Primordial Universal Wisdom"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 339.</ref> and a symbol of "the universal and abstract principle of divine wisdom."<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 343.</ref>

			=== Ādi-Buddhi ===

			Mme. Blavatsky mentions "the Boundless Âdi-Buddhi (primeval and Universal Soul)" as a term related to Âdi-Buddha or Wisdom.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1995), 425.</ref> In [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)\|''The Mahatma Letters'']] Ādi-Buddhi is identified with Yin Sin, "the one form of existence", and also with [[Dharmakāya]], "the mystic, universally diffused essence".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 182.</ref> Ādi-Buddhi is also defined as: "the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences including that of the [[Dhyāni-Chohan\|Dhyan Chohan]]s even of the highest order" and "the all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its periodically manifesting Divinity — [[Avalokiteśvara\|Avalokiteshvara]]".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 67 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 181.</ref>

			The connection with Avalokiteshvara is also mentioned by Mme. Blavatsky, who wrote that "Parabrahman or Adi-Buddha is eternally manifesting itself as [[Jīvātma\|Jivatma]] ([[Seventh Principle\|7th principle]]) or Avalokiteswara".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 179.</ref>

			== Adi-Buddhic hierarchy ==

			Mme. Blavatsky describes a [[Septenary Principle\|seven-fold]] hierarchy that consists of 1) Adi-Buddhi, 2) Maha-Buddhi, 3) Universal Life, 4) Sons of Light, 5) Dhyani-Buddhas of contemplation, 6) superhuman Boddhisattvas, and 7) human Buddhas:

			<blockquote>The divine, purely Adi-Buddhic monad manifests as the universal Buddhi (the Mahâbuddhi or [[Mahat]] in Hindu philosophies) the spiritual, omniscient and omnipotent root of divine intelligence, the highest [[Anima Mundi\|anima mundi]] or the [[Logos]]. This descends “like a flame spreading from the eternal Fire, immoveable, without increase or decrease, ever the same to the end” of the cycle of existence, and becomes universal life on the Mundane Plane. From this Plane of conscious Life shoot out, like seven fiery tongues, the Sons of Light (the logoi of Life); then the Dhyani-Buddhas of contemplation: the concrete forms of their formless Fathers—the Seven Sons of Light, still themselves, to whom may be applied the Brahmanical mystic phrase: “Thou art ‘THAT’—Brahm.” It is from these Dhyani-Buddhas that emanate their chhayas (Shadows) the Bodhisattvas of the celestial realms, the prototypes of the super-terrestrial Bodhisattvas, and of the terrestrial Buddhas, and finally of men. The “Seven Sons of Light” are also called “Stars.”<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Secret Doctrine'' vol. I, (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 572.</ref></blockquote>

			==Online resources==
			===Articles===
			*[http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=%C4%80di-Buddha# Ādi-Buddha] at Theosopedia

			== Notes ==
			<references/>

			[[Category:Sanskrit terms\|Adi-Buddha]]
			[[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine\|Adi-Buddha]]
			[[Category:Buddhist concepts\|Adi-Buddha]]

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