Sukhavati (IAST: Sukhāvatī; "Blissful") is the pure land (or buddhafield) of the Buddha Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism. Sukhavati is also called the Land...
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achieved buddhahood and created a pure land called Sukhāvatī (Sanskrit: "possessing happiness"). Sukhāvatī is situated in the uttermost west, beyond the bounds...
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a place. The most common pure land today is that of Amitābha, called Sukhavati, "Land of Bliss". Mahayana Buddhists may also aspire to be reborn in other...
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Pure land (section Amitābha's Sukhāvatī)
Sakyamuni's field. Purified fields include Amitabha's buddha-field of Sukhavati. Some sutras say that Sakyamuni chose to come to an impure world due to...
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Blissful Land", or The Arrangement of Sukhāvatī) is one of the two Indian Mahayana sutras that describe Sukhāvatī, the pure land of Amitābha. The text...
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and through his great merit, created the realm of Sukhāvatī ("Ultimate Bliss"). This land of Sukhāvatī would later come to be known as a pure land (Ch....
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Amitābha is mainly seen as a way to obtain birth in Amitābha's pure land of Sukhāvatī ("Blissful") through the Buddha's "other power". It is felt that reciting...
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the Buddha of Knowing of the Western Paradise (Chinese: 西天懂佛, lit. 'Sukhavati Buddha of Knowing Everything'), commonly known as Trump Buddha or Buddha...
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dodecahedron-shaped vehicle with five seats. At the conference, Ellie meets Devi Sukhavati, a doctor who left India to marry the man she loved, only to lose him...
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said to occur after death.[citation needed] Example destinations are Sukhāvatī, Abhirati, Ghanavyūha, Aṭakāvatī, Mount Potala, the Copper-Colored Mountain...
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includes a declaration of the manner in which a person is reborn in Sukhavati: "in the jewel lotus." The first known description of the mantra appears...
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Buddhahood and a sentient being aspires with faith and joy to be reborn in my Sukhavati Pure Land: if they recite my name just ten times and, in spite of this...
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all past karma, bestow rebirth in the highest level of Sukhāvatī, and produce visions of Sukhāvatī, Amitāyus Buddha, and assemblies of bodhisattvas. From...
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Guanyin in the heart of a lotus and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhāvatī.[by whom?] Guanyin is often referred to as the "most widely beloved Buddhist...
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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...
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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...
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means "Sukhāvatī Temple". In Hokkien (a southern Chinese language), Kek-lok literally means "supreme joy", itself a translation of Sukhāvatī, a paradise...
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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...
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Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ("Sukhāvatī-vyūha") may refer to either of the following sūtras: Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, or the Infinite Life Sutra Shorter...
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Whoever practices her mantra will be reborn in Amitābha's pure land of Sukhāvatī as well as gaining protection against supernatural danger and witchcraft...
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earliest era of Mahayana thought, Abhirati is far less widely known than Sukhāvatī, the pure land of Amitābha that has been the sole focus of Pure Land Buddhism...
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nembutsu for the purpose of being born into Amida Buddha's Pure Land of Sukhavati, where he would be able to easily attain Buddhahood and protect his descendants...
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rebirths, promoting long life, and promoting rebirth in the pure land of Sukhavati. The dhāraṇī is found in various translations and sources, including in...
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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...
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meditations involving visualizations of Amitabha and his pure land of Sukhavati (The Blissful). This is reflected in the name of the sūtra, which can...
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saptānāṃ samyaksaṃbuddha koṭīnāṃ tadyathā oṃ cale cule cunde svāhā Amitabha Sukhavati Dhāraṇī, sometimes called the Pure Land Rebirth Mantra Mantra of Light...
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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...
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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...
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