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This iconography is known as an Amitabha triad, and is especially common in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art. [ 19 ] Amitābha is said to display 84,000 auspicious and distinguishing marks reflecting his many virtues. [ 20 ]
Amitāyus ("Measureless Life") is another name for the Buddha Amitābha, the preeminent figure in Pure Land Buddhism, and this sūtra focuses mainly on meditations involving visualizations of Amitabha and his pure land of Sukhavati (The Blissful). This is reflected in the name of the sūtra, which can be translated as "Amitāyus Contemplation ...
A study of both the Amitabha and the Amitayus sutras (known as the "longer" Sukhāvatīvyūha in Sanskrit) was published by Luis O. Gomez in 1996. [10] In Japan, Hōnen also commented on the work along with the other Pure Land sutras.
A sutra book (okyō) showing passages from the Sukhāvatīvyūha.Obtained from Nishi Honganji temple in Kyoto, Japan.. The Amitāyus Sutra (), simplified Chinese: 佛说无量壽經; traditional Chinese: 佛說無量壽經; pinyin: Fóshuōwúliàngshòujīng; Sutra of Immeasurable Life Spoken by Buddha; Vietnamese: Phật Thuyết Kinh Vô Lượng Thọ; Japanese: Taisho Tripitaka no. 360 ...
Reciting this mantra is believed to grant the reciter a peaceful and joyful life in this life, and allow them to be reborn into the Buddha Amitabha's buddha-field of Ultimate Bliss. It can also be recited to help the spirits of the animals that a person has killed in the past, including poultry, game, aquatic creatures, insects, etc. to ascend ...
East Asian Pure Land mainly relies on three main Mahayana scriptures: the Sutra of Amitayus, the Contemplation Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra. [ 1 ] The Pure Land tradition is primarily focused on achieving rebirth in a Buddha's " pure land ", a superior place to spiritually train for full Buddhahood , where one can meet a Buddha face to face and ...
Huiyuan's Pure Land commentaries are also important because he is the first commentator to group the "three pure land sutras" (Amitabha Sutra, Amitayus Sutra and Contemplation sutra) into a single set, a grouping that became the canonical set of Pure Land sutras for all later Pure Land Buddhists. [42]
The text of the 18th vow of Amitabha Buddha, according to Infinite Life Sutra, reads: [1]. If, when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings in the lands of the ten quarters who sincerely and joyfully entrust themselves to me, desire to be born in my land, and call my Name, even ten times, should not be born there, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment.