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	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)

	Buddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A typical misconception tends to link Buddha as the Buddhist counterpart of the entity known as God; however, Buddhism is non-theistic, in the sense of not generally teaching the existence of a supreme Creator God (see God in Buddhism).
		However, a Buddha recognizes the unchanging nature of the Dharma, which is an eternal principle and an unconditioned and timeless phenomenon.
		Some schools of Mahayana Buddhism believe that the Buddha is no longer essentially a human being but has become a being of a different order altogether and that the Buddha, in his ultimate transcendental "body/mind" mode as Dharmakaya, has an eternal and infinite life (see eternal Buddha) and is possessed of great and immeasurable qualities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buddha (1341 words)

	Amitabha Buddha
		Amitabha will be neither pleased nor displeased if these are offered or not, but, through making this offering, one can remove the suffering in one's own mind, and in future one will be able to please beings by possessing the body of a buddha with the 32 major and 80 minor marks.
		That is the praise and homage to the sambhogakaya.
		For example, the dharmakaya of dharmakaya is Buddha Samantabhadra; the sambhogakaya of dharmakaya is Vajradhara; the nirmanakayas of dharmakaya are the 5 lords of the buddha-families.
	www.purifymind.com /Amitabha.html (13039 words)

	Deities
		Buddhas, and bodhisattvas -- those who in the process of becoming fully enlightened and who out of compassion, choose to stay and help those caught in the cycle of existence -- are thought to be accessible to us in one way or another.
		The emblem of the red Buddha of the West is the lotus, and Amitabha with a benevolent smile sits in endless meditation (dhyana) holding a food bowl, under a tree by a lake, with peacocks supporting his throne.
		Sangye Menla is the blue Medicine Buddha who holds in his lap the lapis lazuli [dark blue semi-precious stone] bowl of amrita, the elixir of life in the form of an ambrosia which heals all illness.
	www.khandro.net /deities.htm (3654 words)

	Amitabha Buddha Thangka/Thanka Paintings: Amitabha Thangka/Thanka Paintings collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Amitabha, the "Buddha of Infinite Light," personifies the transmutation of passion into all encompassing luminous awareness.
		Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Life, is represented here in his traditional iconography.
		Amitabha Buddha is one of the Five Buddhas.
	www.himalayanmart.com /amitabhabuddhathankas.php (1000 words)

	About Amitabha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Before his guru, Dharmakara took 48 vows, including the vow to create, upon attaining Buddhahood, a pureland in which all who turned to him with complete faith and trust would be reborn and lead a life of peace and happiness until their final entry into nirvana.
		The body of Amitabha having the reddish glow of ruby is the sign of his affection for all sentient beings.
		As the sign of his ability to fulfill the wishes of all beings through his skillful means and transcendental wisdom that are inseparable from one another, he is holding a begging bowl entirely filled with nectar, resting on top of his hands whicha re in meditative equipoise.
	www.drukpa.org /amitabha/about_amitabha.htm (333 words)

	Glossary
		Guan Yin is one of the triad of Amitabha Buddha, represented on his left, Usually recognizable by the small Buddha adorning Her crown.
		It is the realm of Vairocana Buddha, the transcendental aspect of Buddha Shakyamuni and of all Buddhas.
		It was in response to her entreaties that Buddha Shakyamuni preached the Meditation Sutra, which teaches a series of sixteen visualizations (of Amitabha Buddha, the Pure Land...) leading to rebirth.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /pureland/mindseal06.htm (6060 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Buddha Amitabha
		Buddha Amitayus - a manifestation of Buddha Amitabha
		Buddha Amitayus is a manifestation of Buddha Amitabha who manifests Himself in the form of the Sambhogakaya (Apparitional Body).
		Buddha Amitabha was for many kalpas, before our Buddha became a Buddha his teacher, he cultivated first time Bodhicitta in front, of the later known Buddha Amitabha.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=54 (8298 words)

	Simhanada--- Buddha Amitabha and Pure Land Buddhism
		Therefore the Buddha Amitabha vowed to create a world in which we could be reborn into, and this world of bliss would be conductive to attaining enlightenment.
		Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land is a realm of enlightened, unworldly bliss.
		Amitabha's name can be recited in many different ways: silently or aloud, alone or in a group, with or without chanting beads, and with or without musical accompaniment.
	www.simhas.org /pureland.html (838 words)

	A Primer of Shin Buddhism
		The Buddha's teaching of the way for all beings to attain genuine freedom from anxiety and suffering is affirmed in the Shin interpretation of the Pure Land path.
		Amida Buddha's understanding is so complete that when he thinks of us he knows us exactly as we are and, indeed, accepts us as we are because of his perfect wisdom.
		The Buddha and his land of bliss are essentially one and the same reality, these terms merely designating different functions or aspects of the Dharmakaya.
	www.nembutsu.info /primshin.htm (6257 words)

	Amitabha Buddha Statues : Buddha Of Boundless Light and Life. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Amitabha Buddha Statues is also called buddha of Immeasurable Light and the Buddha of the Western Paradise.
		Amitabha is the most ancient Buddhas among the Dhyani Buddhas.
		Enraptured with imeasurable light and life, this Amitabha Buddha Statues exhibits the Samadhi mudra with hism palms folded face up one on top of the other, lying in his lap.Casted with copper alloy and 24 K Half gold repousse contemporary.
	www.himalayanmart.com /AmitabhaBuddhaStatues.php (383 words)

	Amitabha Buddha Statue - Buddha Garden Statues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Amitabha Buddha's most important vow (vow no. 18) was to create a land of boundless joy and happiness, accessible to those who give up unwholesome actions and recite His name with a clear and calm mind.
		The school of Buddhism taught by Amitabha Buddha is mainly based on pure conviction and faith.
		Hence the simplicity of avoiding unwholesome actions and reciting Amitabha Buddha's name with a clear and sincere mind was easy for many people to follow.
	www.bighappybuddha.com /buinkit.html (403 words)

	Amitabha Buddha
		He is the Buddha in the Land of Ultimate Bliss (Pure Land), in which all beings enjoy unbounded happiness.
		Amitabha is one of the most popular and well-known Buddha in China.
		This is the Buddha Land of Amitabha Buddha.
	web.singnet.com.sg /~alankhoo/Amitabha.htm (2193 words)

	Amitabha Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Amitabha Buddha (Amida Buddha): The Buddha of Infinite Light and Boundless Life.
		Amitabha Buddha creates this paradise from his compassion to save all living beings who have faith in him and to bring them to rebirth in his buddha land so that they can continue to practice until they all attain enlightenment.
		Amitabha Buddha, at the higher, or noumenon (or ultimate) level represents the True Mind, the self nature common to the Buddhas and sentient beings – infinitely bright and everlasting.
	www.haianpagoda.org /Andrew/phamitabha.htm (113 words)

	Amitabha Buddha
		However, he repeatedly states that unquestioning faith in Amida Buddha and his power to lead one to rebirth in the Pure Land is absolutely essential for the attainment of this goal.
		These humble ones are worthy to stand beside Amitabha because they are not separated from him by a false sense of a permanent self or ego, which is the worst barrier that can prevent a person from receiving the transforming grace and abundant life energy that Amitabha eagerly sends to all his children.
		My channel through which Amitabha flows is partially obstructed and the flow of Amitabha's grace is impeded by the accumulated sludge of defilements which I have allowed through ignorance, anger and delusion to creep into my consciousness.
	www.urbandharma.org /ibmc/ibmc2/tabha2.html (2099 words)

	Amitabha Buddha, Meditation Pose Gold Plated Bronze Statue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		“The Buddha of Infinite Light” is a cosmic Buddha who resides in the Pure Land of the Western Heaven where all beings enjoy unbounded happiness.
		Amitabha Buddha is the most popular Buddha in Japan (known there as Amida) and China (known there as Amitofu).
		Amitabha is a Sanscrit word, literally meaning boundless light and boundless life.
	www.angelsandearthlythings.com /b-302.html (204 words)

	Amitabha Pureland Web (Australia) - A Short Introduction to Amitabha Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In the sacred Buddhist texts of China, the Sutra of Buddha of Infinite Life relates Amitabha Buddha.
		Ananda, the Buddha's personal attendant, noticed the radiant beauty of the Buddha and inquired what was the Buddha's joy.
		Sakyamuni relates the following story: In an infinite time in the past, Bhiksu Dharmakara observed the misery of all sentient beings, and moved by compassion, he vowed to establish a pure and perfect land where all could be liberated from their suffering.
	www.amtbweb.org /tchet115.htm (149 words)

	Buddha - Wikimedia Commons
		Buddha (Sanskrit, Devanagari script: बुद्ध) can refer to the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, or to anyone who has attained the same depth and quality of enlightenment.
		Gautama Buddha (Buddha Shakyamuni) contains identified images of Gautama Buddha, the historical founder of Buddhism.
		Category:Paintings of Life of Gautama Buddha; Paintings of famous scenes in the life of Gautama Buddha.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Buddha (263 words)

	Evening Recitations
		And from these Buddhas' characteristically broad and long tongues, which can cover three thousand great universes of universes, and which they use to expound truthful and sincere words to all living beings everywhere, come also these praises of Amitabha Buddha whose merits are so beneficial that they can neither be thought nor discussed.
		And from these Buddhas' characteristically broach and long tongues which can cover three thousand great universes of universes, and which they use to expound truthful and sincere words to all living beings everywhere, come also these praises of Amitabha Buddha whose merits are so beneficial that they can neither be thought nor discussed.
		And from these Buddha's characteristically broad and long tongues which can cover three thousand universes of universes, and which they use to expound truthful and sincere words to all living beings everywhere, come also these praises of Amitabha Buddha whose merits are so beneficial that they can neither be thought nor discusses.
	www.dragonflower.org /evening.html#p.l.text (11660 words)

	Amitabha Buddha Land of Ultimate Bliss = heaven? - Buddhism discussion forum
		i find it interesting that the Amitabha Sutra, mention that people who 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 buddha.
		I consider orthodox buddhism (that is to say the actual dhamma as spoken by Gotama buddha himself) to be the foundation upon which these different sects are built.
		Buddha Amitabha Pure Land is not consider a heaven but a place where everything is pure but its still not the ultimate place but just a place where condition is perfect for achieving enlightenment without the all the suffering, distraction and desire found in this world.
	www.newbuddhist.com /forum/showthread.php?t=44 (1008 words)

	Buddhist Deities: Description of Amitabha Buddha
		Inspired by the teachings of the then Buddha of that time, Lokesvaraja Buddha, who taught him the way to supreme enlightenment many aeons ago, he made forty eight great vows for the saving of the sentient beings.
		This means that his grand and infinitely compassionate vow is now a reality, the paradise known as Pure Land or Sukhavati has been established, suffering beings must and will be delivered if only they will have the full faith to call upon his name.
		One may repeat it in Sanskrit 'Namo Amitabha Buddha' which literally mans 'Homage to the Amitabha Buddha ' or 'I seek refuge in the Amitabha Buddha'.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/history/amithaba-txt.htm (218 words)

	Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - Dharma
		At that time, the Buddha told the Elder Shariputra, From here, passing through hundreds of thousands of millions of Buddhalands to the West there is a world called Utmost Happiness.
		Shariputra, the brilliance of that Buddha's light is measureless, illumining the lands of the ten directions everywhere without obstruction.
		After the Buddha spoke this Sutra, Shariputra, all the Bhikshus, and the entire world of gods, humans, asuras, and others, hearing what the Buddha had said, joyously delighted in it, faithfully accepted it, bowed and withdrew.
	www.drba.org /dharma/amitabhasutra.asp (1095 words)

	Amitabha Sutra
		Moreover Sariputra, the life of that Buddha and that of his people extends for measureless limitless asankhyeya kalpas; for this reason he is called Amitayus.34 And Sariputra, since Amitabha realized Buddhahood, ten kalpas have passed.
		Sariputra, as I now praise the inconceivable bene-fit from the merit and virtue of Amitabha Buddha, thus in the East are also Aksothya Buddha,38 Sumeru Appearance Buddha,39 Great Sumeru Buddha,40 Sumeru Light Buddha,41 Won-derful Sound Buddha,42 all Buddhas such as these, number-less as Ganges' sands.
		After the Buddha spoke this Sutra, Sariputra and all the Bhiksus, all the gods, men, and asuras, and others from all the worlds, hearing what the Buddha had said, joyously welcomed, faithfully accepted, bowed and withdrew.
	online.sfsu.edu /~rone/Buddhism/amitabha.htm (3083 words)

	Amitabha: The Buddha who Grants Longevity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He sits in the diamond posture, with both hands flat in the contemplation gesture, holding a vase of elixir of immortality with a stylized "tree of life" on top of it.
		The presence of these two deities in this artwork is very significant since along with Amitabha, Ushnishavijaya and the White Tara form the triad of longevity deities in canonical Buddhist iconography.
		Buddha Seated on The Six-Ornament Throne of Enlightenment (Tibetan Thangka Painting)
	www.exoticindia.com /product/TC03 (228 words)

	THE BUDDHA SPEAKS OF AMITABHA SUTRA
		Amitabha's Land of Utmost Happiness he will quickly be reborn.
		Measureless Vigor Buddha, all Buddhas such as these, numberless as Ganges' sands, each in his
		Buddha, Pure Light Buddha, all Buddhas such as these, numberless as Ganges' sands, each in his
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Pagoda/3570/sutra02.htm (1650 words)

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