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AmitāBha : Gods and Goddesses , Devil and Demons
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(Sanskrit=immeasurable light; Chinese A-mi-t’o or O-mi-to) The most popular of the five → Dhyāni-Buddhas. He is enthroned in heaven as lord of the paradisical land of Sukhavati, entry into which is vouchsafed to all who believe in him....
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AmitāBha : Buddhist Terms
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The Buddha of Infinite Light. As Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life. The Fourth of the Dhyāni Buddhas (q.v.). The personification of Compassion. In the Pure Land sects of China and Japan, Amitābha is the intermediary between Supreme...
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AMITĀBHA ("immeasurable light"), or Amitāyus ("immeasurable lifespan"), are the Sanskrit names of a Buddha who in Mahāyāna Buddhism is represented as the supernatural ruler of "the Land of...
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Amitābha (Sanskrit: अमिताभः, Amitābhaḥ; Tibetan: འོད་དཔག་མེད་, Ö-pa-me) is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Amitabha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land...


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Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha.(Book review)
04/01/2007: 1,219 words, approx. 4 pages
Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha. Edited by Richard K. Payne and Kenneth K. Tanaka. Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism 17. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004. Pp. 328. Cloth $32.00. For most scholars...


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