Gandharan sculpture depicting “Amitabha preaching in Sukhavati,” 2nd century CE, from the site of Muhammad Nari, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. According to Kenneth Tanaka , Amitābha Buddha emerged as a central figure in the Gandharan Buddhism of the first century CE.

阿弥陀佛（梵语Amitābha），又名无量佛、无量光佛、无量寿佛等。大乘经载，阿弥陀佛在过去久远劫时曾立大愿，建立西方净土，广渡无边众生，成就无量庄严功德，为大乘佛教所广为崇敬和弘扬。大乘佛经主要如《无量寿经》、《阿弥陀经》、《观无量寿佛经》，对阿弥陀佛及其西方极乐 …

Amitabha, in Mahayana Buddhism, and particularly in the so-called Pure Land sects, the great saviour buddha. As related in the Sukhavati-vyuha-sutras (the fundamental scriptures of the Pure Land sects), many ages ago a monk named Dharmakara made a number of vows, the 18th of which promised that, on

Amitabha represents the purification of desire also called attachment. When we are under the influence of attachment, we discriminate between good and bad, beautiful and ugly, and then we cling to what seems to be attractive and shun those things which seem bad or ugly.

Amitabha’s Powerful Mantra is a complete practice: His practice is easy and welcoming, and his merits are so vast that all beings can benefit. Everyone can identify with his role as the embodiment of “compassionate love.”

The Buddha Amitabha (literally meaning “Infinite radiance”) with his Western paradisiacal “Pure Land” “seems to be understood as the Iranian god of light, equated with the sun” (Foltz, “Religions of the Silk Road”).

Apr 10, 2023 · The Amitabha Sutra is a rare sutra which Shakyamuni Buddha expounded without being asked (usually the Buddha would only expound the Dharma when people asked questions) – for the simple reason that no one could possibly know about the existence of Amitabha Buddha's Pure Land, but only at the level of the Buddha who attains all-encompassing ...

The Buddha introduces Amitabha Buddha and His Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. He teaches that people should resolve to be reborn there.

Amitabha (Sanskrit, “Limitless Light”) is one of the five primordial or dhyani buddhas of Mahayana Buddhism. Also called Amida or Amitayus (“Limitless Life”), Amitabha is the central buddha in Pure Land Buddhism, and as such, is one of the most widely worshiped in Mahayana

Apr 5, 2022 · 往生咒 Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra 《拔一切业障根本得生净土陀罗尼》 往生咒，全称《拔一切业障根本得生净土陀罗尼》，又称四甘露咒、往生净土神咒、阿弥陀佛根本秘密神咒，是佛教净土宗的重要咒语。