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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.
English: Homage to the Three Jewels, Homage to the noble Amitabha (Infinite Light), to the Tathāgata, the Arhat, the completely and perfectly awakened one (samyaksambuddha). Thus: Oṃ O immortality , O maker of immortality! O born of immortality! O essence/embryo (garbha) of immortality! O immortality perfecting one!
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..
The Udayagiri stupa for example, houses Vairocana, Amitabha, Aksobhya and Ratnasambhava in the four cardinal directions of the stupa. [ 8 ] According to Kimiaki Tanaka, this basic four cardinal directions Buddha model, combined with Vairocana Buddha from the Avatamsaka sutra , developed into the later tantric five Buddha families (which changed ...
Another Ming era commentary by Ouyi Zhixu (1599–1655) has been translated into English as Mind Seal of the Buddhas by J.C. Cleary. [9] 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]
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 ...
Simple English; Slovenščina; Svenska ... In Thai the pronunciation is a ... Guanyin is often depicted and venerated with the Buddha Amitabha and the Bodhisattva ...
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 ...