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    The Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra (simplified Chinese: 佛说观无量寿佛经; traditional Chinese: 佛說觀無量壽佛經; pinyin: Fóshuōguānwúliàngshòufójīng, English: Contemplation...
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    Amitābha Sūtra. Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, 2000. Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Amitayus Sutra) Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra Sukhavati...
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    Pure Land Buddhism, one of the most important sutras is the Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra. Buddha contemplation is a kind of buddhānusmṛti (Buddha recollection...
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    Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, is one of the two Indian Mahayana sutras which describe the pure land of Amitābha (also known as Amitāyus, "Measureless Life")...
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    Sukhāvatīvyūha (also known as the Sutra of Immeasurable Light) Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra Furthermore, there are also other sutras which teach about other Buddhas...
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    of Dharma Decline. After reading Shandao's Commentary on The Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra he undertook the teaching of rebirth in the pure land of Amitābha...
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    "Three Pure Land Sutras") are the Sutra of Amitayus, the Contemplation Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra. The Pratyutpanna-samādhi-sūtra is also an important...
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    the buddha-land of just that Amitāyus Tathāgata. Lastly, one passage from the Sutra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus (Taishō 365) was also particularly...
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    sutras", the main sources for East Asian Pure Land Buddhism: the Smaller Sukhāvatī-vyūha (T 366), the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, and the Amitayus Contemplation...
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    the "Three Pure Land Sutras": Sutra of Amitayus, the Contemplation Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra. The Pratyutpanna-samādhi-sūtra is also an important source...
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    the Pure Land. The basis of this meditation is found in the Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra. Repeating the Pure Land Rebirth dhāraṇī is another method in...
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  • the Contemplation Sūtra (Guan-jing-shu Miao-zong-chao 觀經疏妙宗鈔). This is a sub-commentary to Zhiyi's commentary to the Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra (modern...
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  • the Sutra on the Contemplation of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Ascent to Rebirth in Tusita Heaven (Guan Mile Pusa Shangsheng Doushuaitian Jing). The Sūtra on...
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  • Meaning of the Vimalakīrti Sūtra (Weimojing yiji 維摩經義記, T 1776), in eight fascicles Commentary on the Meaning of the Amitayus Sūtra (Wuliang shou jing yishu...
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    references to Mahāyāna are those that occur in the Lotus Sūtra (Skt. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra) dating between the 1st century BCE and the 1st century...
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    tantras. The idea appears in Mahayana sutras like the Sutra of Golden Light (c. 5th century) and the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra. The Golden Light for example, has...
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  • Pure Land Buddhist, composing commentaries on the Amitabha Sutra and the Contemplation Sutra. Yuanzhao was a key reformer of the Vinaya school during the...
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    Buddha. In Bodhiruci's translation of Vasubandhu's Upadeśa on the Sūtra of Amitāyus Buddha (無量壽經優波提舍), the term 信心 is used in the following passage: How...
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    translations of Buddhist sutras, including Buddhabhadra's translation of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, Faxian's translation of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, and various translations...
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    visions of Sukhāvatī, Amitāyus Buddha, and assemblies of bodhisattvas. From these honored ones, the practitioner will hear all of the sutras and, at the moment...
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    be the superior practice. This corresponds to the contemplations taught in the Contemplation Sutra. Huaigan also emphasizes the importance of nianfo samādhi...
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    in ten fascicles (楞严经文句). An Interpretation of the Mind Contemplation in the Diamond Sūtra, in one fascicle (金刚经观心释). Discourse on the Diamond's Shattering...
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    Tibetan Buddhist traditions of Dzogchen ("Great Perfection"). Dzogchen contemplation or meditation (Tibetan: gompa) relies on having the proper Dzogchen...
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    forms. Ekayāna (one yana) Mahayana texts such as the Lotus Sutra and the Avatamsaka Sutra sought to unite all the different teachings into a single great...
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    attains to the opening of the mind oneself. Is this kind of Buddha contemplation (nianfo) not the essence of illuminating the mind? Again, for purifying...
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    Buddha contemplation Devotion Chanting Sutra copying Prostration Making merit Dedication of merit Scriptures Amitāyus Sutra Amitābha Sūtra Contemplation Sutra...
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    go there. "The Immeasurable Life Sutra". Retrieved 2011-10-17. Illustrated Pure Land Scriptures Contemplation Sutra, Lowest Grade Lowest Rebirth, Page...
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    "meditation sūtras" such as the Pratyutpanna Sūtra from sūtras that teach "birth in the Pure Land," among which are included the Infinite Life Sūtra, the Amitābha...
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    various Buddhist sutras in Mahayana literature, including the Larger Sutra of Immeasurable Life, the Nirvana Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Mahaprajñaparamita...
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    562–645), was a Chinese Buddhist scholar of the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra who later became an eminent scholar of Pure Land Buddhism. In Chinese Buddhist...
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