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	Amida Nyorai (Tathagata, Buddha) - Japanese Buddhist Deity; Photo Dictionary
		Amida is one of the loftiest savior figures in Japanese Buddhism, and Amida faith is concerned primarily with the life to come, the life in the beyond.
		Amida Buddha is the central Buddha and object of devotion of Pure Land Buddhism.
		Amida Buddha is a manifestation of Universal Truth in human form while His vows, especially the eighteenth, are considered an active merciful and loving expression of His Great Compassion.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/amida.shtml (2353 words)

	Amitabha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amitābha is a celestial Buddha described in the scriptures of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
		In Tibet, Amitabha is considered one of the Five Dhyāni Buddhas (together with Akṣobhya, Amoghasiddhi, Ratnasambhava, and Vairocana), who is associated with the western direction and the skandha of saṃjñā.
		The statue is dated to "the 28th year of the reign of Huviṣka", that is, sometime in the later half of the 2nd century during the period of the Kuṣāṇa Empire, and dedicated to "Amitābha Buddha" by a family of merchants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amitabha (1285 words)

	Who is Amida Buddha?
		Amida Buddha is not a historical Buddha living in our world, rather, He resides in His Pureland in the West.
		Amida Buddha is the embodiment of enlightenment, compassion and wisdom.
		Amida Buddhas 48 Vows are condensed into the 18th Vow the Primal Vow that states, If I were to become a Buddha, and people, hearing my Name, have faith and joy and recite it for even ten times, but were not born into my Pureland, may I not gain enlightenment.
	shinmission_sg.tripod.com /id13.html (276 words)

	Three Bodies of the Buddha
		Amida Buddha is worshipped in Jodo-shu Betsuin, Nishi-Hongwanji Betsuin, and Higashi Honganji Betsuin.
		Although the Manifest-body of the Buddha is mortal, the Dharma-body of the Buddha is eternal.
		The force is to chant the Nembutsu for Amida Buddha's followers, the zazen for the Zen members, chanting the go-hogo for the Koyasan temple members and the Odaimoku the Sacred Title for Nichiren's followers which contain all others.
	la.nichirenshu.org /teachings/talks/kanai/three_bodies_of_the_buddha.htm (1027 words)

	Key
		Amida is the Buddha whose essence is dharma-body as compassionate means, characterized by form.
		Sakyamuni, the Historic Buddha born in India, is regarded as one of the countless Buddhas in the Universe who appear to lead and share the Nembutsu Teaching of Amida Buddha, the Buddha of Immeasurable Life and Infinite Light.
		Amida Buddha provides this Pure Land for those who require some form or shape to begin to grasp the inconceivable, vast and limitless realm of Supreme Nirvana and Enlightenment.
	www.aloha.net /~horaku/key.html (2156 words)

	Buddhism - Jodo Shinsu - A Brief Introduction to Jodo Shinshu
		In Jodo Shinshu, the object of worship is Amida Buddha.
		Amida is depicted artistically as an active Buddha in a standing position, hands held up in a gesture of bestowing blessings on all beings and leaning slightly forward - symbolizing the eternal activity of Wisdom and Compassion.
		The Primal Vow of Amida Buddha promises Universal Enlightenment for all beings.
	www.seattlebetsuin.com /a_brief_introduction_to_jodo_shinshu.htm (1532 words)

	Worship and devotional texts used in temples ...
		Taken from "The Praises of the Buddha," these passages are used in most Shin Buddhist Temples in the West and may be useful for those who relate to Shin Buddhism, privately or in groups and without access to temples.
		I rejoice in the Compassion of the Buddha.
		We are solemnly gathered in the presence of the Buddha of Eternal Light and Life to sing his praises and to hear his Words of Wisdom so that our lives may be brightened in the knowledge of his presence and that the Path of Truth may be revealed before us.
	www.shindharmanet.com /worship/temple.htm (1577 words)

	Contemplation of Amida Buddha
		Buddha then spoke to Ánanda and Vaidehi: 'Those who wish, by means of their serene thoughts, to be born in the western land, should first meditate on an image of the Buddha, who is sixteen cubits high, seated on a lotus-flower in the water of the lake.
		Buddha continued: 'next are the beings that will be born in the middle form of the lowest grade.
		When Buddha had finished this speech, Vaidehi, together with her five hundred female attendants, could see, as guided by the Buddha's words, the scene of the far-stretching World of the Highest Happiness, and could also see the body of Buddha and the bodies of the two Bodhisattvas.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /ida_b_wells_memorial_sutra_library/contemplation_of_amida_buddha.htm (7623 words)

	Amitabha Sadhana
		On the water are buddha- manifestations of geese, ducks and cranes.
		The body of Buddha is like the victory banner, or like the nyagrodha tree, in that it is neither too small nor too tall but in perfect proportion and size.
		The Buddha said that in the minds of different beings arise different appearances, on account of their individual karma, but ultimately none of this has any reality.
	www.khandro.net /deity_Amita_TengaR.htm (7920 words)

	Boston Shinshu Buddhist Sangha
		Transferred merit from Buddhas and Bodhisattvas means that, in the process of their enlightenment and service to living beings, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas acquire a kind of good karma that can be given to others as an act of compassion.
		Once Shakyamuni Buddha had formed a sangha that was actually bringing people closer and closer (if not actually all the way in all cases) to full enlightenment, he could start to expound the more ultimate purpose of attaining release from suffering.
		Amida Buddha is not known to us historically, but is recorded only through these three sutras which speak of him as living in the remotest past.
	www.mit.edu /~stclair/Boston_Shinshu.html (3839 words)

	Amida Buddha - ReligionFacts
		Amida Buddha is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas.
		Amida Buddha is the central figure of Pure Land Buddhism, a Mahayana sect that is extremely popular throughout Japan, China and Korea.
		He resolved to become a Buddha and in this way to come into possession of a paradise in which all who call his name might be born into a life of unbounded joy.
	www.religionfacts.com /buddhism/deities/amida_buddha.htm (402 words)

	Thoughts on Amida Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Buddhas, like the saints, are people like you and I who managed to break free from the shackles of illusion and self-centeredness to attain true awakening.
		But to be a Buddha is not merely to attain enlightenment for one's self--it is to strive to bring all people into the light and life of true enlightenment, freed from the suffering of illusion and self-deceit.
		Amida Buddha sacrificed everything...he vowed and aspired never to reach full enlightenment unless all beings would join him in enlightenment upon hearing and entrusting in his name.
	franciscan-anglican.com /Buddha.htm (315 words)

	Harold Stewart on Amida as Buddha Nature
		Amida Buddha is a supreme master of upaya (Japanese: hoben), or skill in sacred stratagems and expedient means for enlightening and liberating all sentient beings.
		Amida cannot help but rescue all beings, no matter how defiled, because he is all beings, ever-present in them as their innate but obscured Buddha-Heart, or inmost essence, if not as their outward acts and accidents.
		In no wise should Amida be equated with the monotheistic Creator, separated by a well-nigh unbridgeable gulf from his creatures; for in Buddhism the cosmos is not the creation of the Buddha, but the result of the endless actions and reactions of karma.
	www.nembutsu.info /hsrbunat.htm (1158 words)

	Jodo Shinshu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Accordingly within Jōdo Shinshū the nembutsu (念仏): Namu Amida Butsu (南無阿弥陀仏) ("I take refuge in Amida Buddha") Pure Land chanting practice is seen in a new light.
		The nembutsu becomes understood as an act that expresses gratitude to Amida Buddha -- furthermore, it is evoked in the practitioner through the power of Amida's unobstructed compassion.
		Once the practicer's mind is united with Amida and Buddha Nature gifted to the practicer through shinjin, the practicer attains the state of non-retrogression, whereupon after his death he will achieve instantaneous and effortless enlightenment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jodo_Shinshu (1176 words)

	AMIDA BUDDHA
		A direct response to the increasing popularity of the "Pure Land" sect of Japanese Buddhism during the Kamakura period was the creation of many images of Amida Buddha, the principal deity of the sect.
		Seated here in the diamond posture of meditation, this statute depicts Amida in the gesture of argumentation that is commonly associated with Amida Raigo images.
		The tranquility and grace of Amida Buddha are eloquently expressed in the downward-looking eyes, long and narrow in design with arched eyebrows.
	tours.daytonartinstitute.org /accessart/object.cfm?TT=ac&TN=dw05&ID=13&COM=ac (295 words)

	On Amida
		The historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, was not just a wise man who lived in India some 2,500 years ago but was also the direct manifestation of Amida's compassion in the world.
		It is for this reason the Shoshinge states, "Amida, the Buddha existing from the eternal past, pitying the common foolsappeared in the castle of Gaya, manifesting himself as Shakyamuni Buddha."
		For me, Amida is not just one Buddha out of many but is the Primordial Buddha by which all Enlightened Beings derive their source.
	buddhistfaith.tripod.com /amidapractice/id1.html (746 words)

	Amida Buddha Antique Chinese Wood Carving
		This traditional Chinese wood carving of the meditating Buddha is presumably Amida Buddha (Sanskrit: Amitabha).
		Though such posture is at times used for the historic Buddha Shakyamuni; given Amida's enormous popularity in China; and that the diamond posture (dhyanasana) is a distinguishing gesture of Amida Buddha, we concluded that the iconography of this Buddha is likely Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light.
		Amida Buddha is often seen in the second court of Buddhist temples by the side of Shakyamuni.
	www.buddhamuseum.com /buddha_7612.html (346 words)

	amidabuddha.org - Pure Land Buddhism and South Florida Buddhist Resources
		Amida Buddha is a great savior and source of all life in this world as the ultimate nature of Shakyamuni Buddha.
		Nembutsu means concentration on the Buddha and his virtues, or recitation of the Buddha's name.
		The Pure Land is not the final destination - the goal of all Buddhists is to attain enlightenment and freedom from the cycle of birth and death.
	www.amidabuddha.org (553 words)

	Amida Buddhism
		Pure Land or Amida Buddhism was oriented around the figure of Amida Buddha.
		Amida, the Buddha of Everlasting Light, was a previous incarnation of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.
		1 This Buddha is, of course, Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha; the scriptural authority comes from a sutra which narrates this story about this Shakyamuni, whose name was Dharmakara.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/GLOSSARY/AMIDA.HTM (259 words)

	The Collected Works of Shinran Hymns Jodo Wasan 2
		Buddha of the Light of Wisdom: Encompassing all the wisdom of the Buddhas, Amida is called Light of Wisdom.
		Buddha of Inexpressible Light: [Amida Buddha] is completely beyond verbal expression.
		The supreme, perfect compassion of Buddhas is referred to by [the name of the bodhisattva] Samantabhadra.
	www.shinranworks.com /hymns/jodowasan2.htm (2059 words)

	Shingon Buddhist Intl. Institute: Amida Nyorai
		Amida Nyorai is widely known for the practice of chanting "Namu Amida Butsu," the six syllables of his sacred name, in the Pure Land tradition of Buddhism.
		The life span of the Buddha is infinite, without limit, and never ends; and therefore he is called the Buddha of Infinite Life." The name Amida is from the Sanskrit word meaning infinite life, and because Amida's compassion is infinite and without boundaries, he is also called the Buddha of Infinite Life.
		The special characteristic of Amida Nyorai is that "Amida will come and greet you." This is the idea that when a person dies, Amida will come with twenty-five attendant bodhisattvas to greet and lead that person to the Pure Land.
	www.shingon.org /deities/jusanbutsu/amida.html (397 words)

	What is Amida Buddha? by Dr. Nobuo Haneda
		The concept of "Amida" (i.e., a Japanese form of the two Sanskrit names of a Buddha: Amitabha (Limitless Light) and Amitayus (Limitless Life) is probably the most important concept in Shin Buddhism, the teachings of Shinran (1173-1262).
		Thus the "Bowing" in the Buddha’s name has two aspects: the first is that Dharmakara has become a Buddha because of his "Bowing" (or kuyo); the second is that Dharmakara’s "Bowing" exerts spiritual influence upon others, becoming a silent calling voice.
		Amida is a symbol of the "humble and dynamic spirit." In our personal lives we must meet a person who embodies this spirit and discover "Amida" in ourselves.
	www.livingdharma.org /Living.Dharma.Articles/WhatIsAmida-Haneda.html (3763 words)

	Apsaras - Bosatsu on Clouds, Japanese Buddhism Photo Dictionary
		In later years the Amida Hall came to be called the Phoenix Hall, either because the hall's shape is reminiscent of the mythical bird or because a pair of phoenixes adorn each end of the roof.
		Since the Amida statue and the Bosatsu on Clouds in the Phoenix Hall were created in his last years, these pieces probably represent the pinnacle of his achievements as a Buddhist sculptor.
		However, the heavenly beings on the walls of the Amida Jodo-in Hall (Hokke-ji Temple) are particularly significant for their resemblance to the Bosatsu on Clouds at Byoudou-in.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/bosatsu-on-clouds-apsaras.shtml (2695 words)

	shin ugly BLOG » The SHINRAN Manifesto: Concerning Amida Buddha #2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It is the position of many modern Shin Buddhists to deny the personhood of Amida Buddha.
		Amida is “a personal symbol.” In other words, Amida is “a fictional character” like Hamlet or Faust.
		Since “Amida” is a fictional character, he is (1) not a god (or a divine being) and (2) not a historical person.
	www.shinugly.com /blog/index.php?p=85 (1165 words)

	shin ugly BLOG » Who Is Amida Buddha? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Amida Buddha, made a very specific Vow on how he was going to bring countless beings to the end of suffering at last – and the beginning of Buddhahood for each and every one.
		Buddha Shakyamuni then continues his discourse, talking with his student (and cousin) Ananda in the hearing of thousands of others.
		He was reborn as a rich man, a lay devotee, a member of the highest caste or of a noble family, a ksatriya (warrior caste) king, a wheel-turning monarch, a king of one of the six heavens in the world of desire, or even higher, as a Brahma-king.
	www.shinugly.com /blog/index.php?p=42 (3245 words)

	Amida Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Buddhas such as Amida create Pure Lands or Buddha Lands where those who praise them, often by reciting their name, can be reborn.
		By creating a Pure Land where all beings could be reborn and from thence acheive enlightenment, Amida Buddha fulfilled his bodhisattva vow and became a buddha.
		Amida Buddha is the focus of the Pure Land sects in China and Japan.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /mcel/omm/B1691.htm (270 words)

	"Dharmavidya David Brazier Buddhist teacher and author at Amida Trust Order of Amida Buddha engaged Pureland / Pureland ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Running Tide carries news and announcements of the work of Amida Trust around the world, together with features and articles exploring aspects of Pureland Buddhism and its application in personal and social life.
		In the Footsteps of the Buddha in Tamil Nadu
		What we see here is the vision of a rennaisance born of a marriage between the timeless spirituality of Buddhism and the spirit of practicality and reason of the modern age.
	www.amidatrust.com /runningtide.html (1129 words)

	Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism, Dharma for the Modern Age
		Outwardly, this faith is expressed by the grateful recitation of the Nembutsu, pronounced "Namu Amida Butsu" in Japanese.
		It is the faith behind the Nembutsu that is a person's link to Amida Buddha, who -- the Larger Sutra says -- created a "Pure Land" of infinite positivity and zero negativity where people go after they die, wherein they will realize full enlightenment (nirvana) and buddhahood.
		Amida Buddha was revealed to the world in three great Mahayana sutras attributed to the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, who lived and taught in India ca.
	web.mit.edu /stclair/www/amida.html (533 words)

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