Amitābha - Wikipedia
In East Asian Pure Land traditions, the main religious practice is the recitation or chanting of the phrase 南無阿彌陀佛 (Mandarin: Nāmó Ēmítuófó, Japanese: Namu Amida Butsu) which means "Homage to Amitābha Buddha".
What Is Amida Buddha? - Buddhist Information
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).
Amitabha | Compassion, Wisdom & Rebirth | Britannica
2024年9月6日 · Amitabha, in Mahayana Buddhism, and particularly in the so-called Pure Land sects, the great saviour buddha.
Amitābha - Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Buddha Amitabha is the Sanskrit name and the Tibetan name is sangay odpamed, which means “boundless light.” When one has developed the awareness of knowing everything as it manifests, one has developed the clarity of boundless light, which is completely free from confusion.
Amida (Amitabha) - National Museum of Asian Art
Amida is regarded as a great savior Buddha Close Tooltip Buddha[BOOD-huh] literally, “Awakened One”; a being who has awakened to the true reality of existence and is thereby liberated from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
Amitābha - Buddhism Guide
Amida Nyorai (=Amida Tathagata), the Buddha of Limitless Light (無量光佛), also Amitāyus, the Buddha of Limitless Life (無量壽佛), is the primary Buddha of the Pure Land school of Buddhism which developed and spread in China, Vietnam, Korea and Japan and has grown to become the largest sect in Buddhism.
Pure Land Buddhism | Definition, Scriptures, History, Sects,
Pure Land Buddhism, devotional cult of the Buddha Amitabha—“Buddha of Infinite Light,” known in China as Emituofo and in Japan as Amida. It is one of the most popular forms of Mahayana Buddhism in eastern Asia.
Amida Buddha - Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
2024年1月18日 · Ultimately He attains Buddhahood and becomes the Buddha of Infinite Wisdom and Compassion; that is, Amida Buddha. The role or task of the sentient being, then, is to serve only or merely as the recipient of the Amida Buddha’s salvific efforts.
Smarthistory – Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha
The Buddha is Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. He resides in his heavenly realm called the Western Paradise, or Pure Land. Devotees believe that absolute faith in Amitabha empowers a person to be reborn in his paradise.
Amida, the Buddha of Limitless Light | Japan | Kamakura period …
Amida Nyorai—referred to in Sanskrit as Amitabha Tathagata—the Buddha of Limitless Light, sits upon a lotus pedestal with his hands forming the mudra of meditation. Amida presides over his own paradise, the Western Pure Land, to which he welcomes any being who calls upon his name.