Definitions for "Amitabha"
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a buddha who created a Pure Land, or realm free from suffering, in which one can attain rebirth by calling out his name
The Boundless Light Buddha: the Buddha of the West.
Amitayus Also, Amida (Japanese). Buddhas having unlimited light and life respectively.
Amitabha is the most commonly used name for the Buddha of Infinite Light and Infinite Life. A transhistorical Buddha venerated by all Mahayana schools and, particularly, Pure Land. Presides over the Western Pure Land (Land of Ultimate Bliss), where anyone can be reborn through utterly sincere recitation of His name, particularly at the time of death.
The manifestation of the aggregate of discrimination of all Buddhas. He has a red-coloured body.
(Skt., "Infinite Light"= Tib. ÷pamÈ) Buddha described in Mahayana sutras and held to dwell in a celestial paradise in the West. See BUDDHA.
Chinese for the Buddhist of the Western Paradise, Japanese name is Amida.
The Bodhisattva whose name means "Budha of Boundless Light" and who dwells in the paradise called the Pure Land. He is also the founder of this sect of Buddhism.
(Japenese: Amida) In Mahayana Buddhism, the Buddha who presides over the Western Paradise , which is also known as the Pure Land.
Infinite light; one of the two Sanskrit names of Amida; he became a Buddha of infinite light as promised in his Twelfth Vow.
Sanskrit word, literally means boundless light and boundless life. He is the Buddha in the Land of Ultimate Bliss ( Pure Land), in which all beings enjoy unbounded happiness. Amitabha has forty-eight great vows to establish and adorn his Pure Land. People also recite or call upon his name by the time of dying will be born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss with the reception by Amitabha. Amitabha is one of the most popular and well-known Buddha in China.
The name of the Buddha of the Western Pure Land, primarily meaning "Infinite Life and Infinite Light." To help all beings attain Buddhahood, Amitabha Buddha created the Western Pure Land, an ideal place of cultivation.
Name of a DEITY. One of the 5 DHYANI BUDDHAS, representing the discrimination AGGREGATE of all Buddhas and their Discriminating Wisdom.
Sanskrit; Amida (Japanese); one of the major buddhas of Mayahana school; he created a Pure Land free from suffering in which one can attain rebirth by calling out his name.
( Skt. / Tib. Öpame): The buddha of boundless light. One of the five dhyani buddhas. Amitabha is a symbol for the clear light state in meditation. Amitabha practice employs the means of visualization, mantra and wishing prayers to realize the deity as the true nature of our own mind – clear, empty and compassionate.