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Amitābha [2] (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐmɪˈtaːbʱɐ]), also known as Amita Buddha (Chinese: 阿彌陀佛; pinyin: Ēmítuó fó) or Amida Buddha (Japanese: 阿弥陀如来 あみだにょらい, Hepburn: Amida nyorai), is the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism.
Main stupa at Udayagiri Buddhist Complex with four Buddhas enshrined at four niches facing the four cardinal direcitons The Garbhadhatu Mandala with Vairochana, surrounded by (clockwise from top): Ratnaketu, Samantabhadra, Samkusumitaraja, Manjushri, Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara, Divyadundhubhimeghanirghosa, Maitreya.
Amitabha Bose [1] is an American attorney and transportation policy advisor who served as the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration from 2022 to 2025. [2] Bose has served as deputy administrator since January 2021 and was confirmed by the Senate on January 12, 2022. [3] [4] [5] He is the first person of South Asian descent to ...
At level one, the literal level of meaning, there is the conventional truth of Amitabha as a being that created the Pure land as a place of refuge for all beings who say his name. At this level of meaning, Amitabha is but one aspect of the cosmic Mahāvairocana Buddha, the Dharmakaya..
It discusses the origin myths of Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta and explains how in the far future, after Amitabha manifests nirvana, Avalokiteśvara will take his place as the lord of Sukhavati. [10] Samādhirāja sūtra, the sutra mentions Amitabha and Sukhāvatī in various places (e.g. chapter 33). It also states that whoever ...
The Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Dhāraṇī, sometimes called the Pure Land Rebirth Mantra, is considered an important mantra or dhāraṇī in Pure Land Buddhism and other schools of Buddhism, mainly following the Mahayana tradition.
There are several lists of four Bodhisattvas according to scripture and local tradition. Popular Chinese Buddhism generally lists the following, as they are associated with the Four Sacred Mountains:
Due to the devotional popularity of Guanyin in Asia, she is known by many names, most of which are simply the localised pronunciations of "Guanyin" or "Guanshiyin": The name is pronounced G(w)ūn Yām ( Yale : g(w)un1 yam1, Jyutping : g(w)un1 jam1) in Cantonese , also encountered as Kwun Yam in Hong Kong or Kun Iam in Macau.