Amitābha (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐmɪˈtaːbʱɐ]) is the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism. He is also known as Amitāyus, which is understood to be...

Look up Amitabha, Amitābha, or Amitabh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Amitabh or Amitabha or Amitav may refer to: Amitābha, an important Buddha in...

typically refers to the oral repetition of the name of Amitābha through the phrase "Homage to Amitabha Buddha" (Ch: 南無阿彌陀佛, Mandarin: Nāmó Āmítuófó, Jp: Namu...

be reborn in such a place. The most common pure land today is that of Amitābha, called Sukhavati, "Land of Bliss". Mahayana Buddhists may also aspire...

The Amitābha Sūtra (Ch.: 阿彌陀經, pinyin: Āmítuó Jīng, or 佛說阿彌陀經, Fóshuō Āmítuójīng; Jp.: Amida Kyō, Vi.: A Di Đà Kinh), also known as the [Shorter] Sukhāvatīvyūha...

Amitabha Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery in Nepal. The Amitabha Monastery sits on the top of Druk Amitabha mountain overlooking Kathmandu Valley...

Amitabha urbsinterdictensis is an ancient bird from the Middle Eocene (approximately 50 million years before the present) in North America. One specimen...

Amitabha Bagchi is an Indian author, who was awarded DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2019 and shortlisted for JCB Prize for Literature and The...

Amitabha Singh is an Indian cinematographer and producer known for the film Khosla Ka Ghosla and the award-winning Chillar Party, among others. The Good...

Amitabha Ghosh may refer to: Amitabha Ghosh (planetary geologist), Indian planetary geologist Amitabha Ghosh (academic, born 1941), Indian researcher,...

Sukhavati (IAST: Sukhāvatī; "Blissful") is the pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism. It is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land and...

The Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Dhāraṇī, sometimes called the Pure Land Rebirth Mantra, is considered an important mantra or dhāraṇī in Pure Land Buddhism...

Amitabha Chowdhury (11 November 1927 – 1 May 2015) was an Indian investigative journalist. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his reporting on individual...

Buddha Locana; in the south Ratnasambhava and Buddha Mamaki; in the west Amitābha Panadaravasini; in the north Amoghasiddhi and Samayatara; and in the center...

Amitabha Bose is an American attorney and transportation policy advisor who is the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration. Bose has served...

Amitabh Bhattacharjee (born 15 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in Bengali and Hindi films. He was born and brought up in Delhi. His Bengali debut...

perceive Amitabha Buddha through physical forms until eventually attaining true faith and proceeding further. Shinran's definition of Amitabha Buddha as...

with the Amitayus Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra. Amitāyus ("Measureless Life") is another name for the Buddha Amitābha, the preeminent figure in Pure Land...

is a 18 ft (5.5 m) statue of the Lotus Buddha, a wooden image depicting Amitābha. It is covered in gold and lacquer. Outside is a three-ton, brass peace...

schism in the Sangha Ānantarika kamma is considered so serious that even Amitabha Buddha abandoned all hope. His 18th Vow reads: If I attain Buddhahood and...

“the world to be endured"), Sakyamuni's field. Purified fields include Amitabha's buddha-field of Sukhavati. Some sutras say that Sakyamuni chose to come...

title The Coward, is a 1965 Indian drama film directed by Satyajit Ray. Amitabha Ray is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter who is driving around in the country...

still in preparation and have not yet been assigned to a species. P. amitabha P. amitabha was named by Napoli et al. in 2019 from a complete skull and partial...

writings and dharma talks. She is well known for her famous painting of Amitabha, which she painted while bedridden with cancer. Prior to entering the Buddhist...

Amitabh Ghosh is an American planetary geologist. Ghosh did his schooling at Don Bosco, Park Circus, Kolkata. he was a key member of the team who identified...

Mahāyāna texts not only revere numerous Buddhas besides Shakyamuni, such as Amitabha and Vairocana, but also see them as transcendental or supramundane (lokuttara)...

Shinran advocated reliance on tariki, or other power (他力)—the power of Amitābha (Japanese Amida) made manifest in his Primal Vow—in order to attain liberation...

cases the Buddha Amitabha. In Chinese Chan, the Pure Land practice of nianfo based on the phrase Nāmó Āmítuófó (Homage to Amitabha) is a widely practiced...

Amitabha Bhattacharyya (12 November 1931 – 15 June 1992) was an Indian production engineer and the director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur...

realistically attainable. The main deity, Buddha Amitabha, was commonly depicted in Goryeo art in an “Amitabha triad” along with the bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara...