9 World Chronicles

Name: Acala

The Immovable

Protector of the Teaching

Associated: Thunder, Protection

Culture: Buddhism

Classification: God

Weapon: Sword,  Thunderbolt

His image stands before temples to ward of those who are hostile to Buddhist doctrine.

He has three eyes and six arms, and grinds his teeth. His weapons include the sword the thunderbolt (Vajra) the ax and the noose.

Acala is a dharmapala (protector of the Dharma), prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.

He is classed among the Wisdom Kings and is preeminent among the Five Wisdom Kings of the Womb Realm. Accordingly, his figure occupies an important hierarchical position in the Mandala of the Two Realms.

In China he is Budong Mingwang ("The Immovable Wisdom King"). In Japan, he is known as Fudō Myōō,

Acala is especially important in Japanese Buddhism, where he is venerated in the Shingon, Tendai, Zen, and Nichiren sects, as well as in Shugendō.

He wields a sacred vajra or treasure sword fashion after a talon. It has been described as flaming in some myth.

At temples dedicated to Acala, priests perform a ritual service to enlist the deity's power of purification to benefit the faithful.