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Adibuddha
In Vajrayana Buddhism, the Adibuddha is the “dharma body” or true, primordial form of all buddhas, the original, empty nature of reality itself. In the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, this is often understood to be a specific buddha called Samantabhadra.
Primordial Buddha