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...

Pure Land Buddhism, one of the most important sutras is the Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra. Buddha contemplation is a kind of buddhānusmṛti (Buddha recollection...

Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, is one of the two Indian Mahayana sutras which describe the pure land of Amitābha (also known as Amitāyus, "Measureless Life")...

Amitābha Sūtra. Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, 2000. Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Amitayus Sutra) Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra Sukhavati...

Sukhāvatīvyūha (also known as the Sutra of Immeasurable Light) Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra Furthermore, there are also other sutras which teach about other Buddhas...

"Three Pure Land Sutras") are the Sutra of Amitayus, the Contemplation Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra. The Pratyutpanna-samādhi-sūtra is also an important...

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...

the buddha-land of just that Amitāyus Tathāgata. Lastly, one passage from the Sutra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus (Taishō 365) was also particularly...

sutras", the main sources for East Asian Pure Land Buddhism: the Smaller Sukhāvatī-vyūha (T 366), the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, and the Amitayus Contemplation...

the "Three Pure Land Sutras": Sutra of Amitayus, the Contemplation Sutra and the Amitabha Sutra. The Pratyutpanna-samādhi-sūtra is also an important source...

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...

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...

the Sutra on the Contemplation of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Ascent to Rebirth in Tusita Heaven (Guan Mile Pusa Shangsheng Doushuaitian Jing). The Sūtra on...

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...

be the superior practice. This corresponds to the contemplations taught in the Contemplation Sutra. Huaigan also emphasizes the importance of nianfo samādhi...

translations of Buddhist sutras, including Buddhabhadra's translation of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, Faxian's translation of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, and various translations...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

Tibetan Buddhist traditions of Dzogchen ("Great Perfection"). Dzogchen contemplation or meditation (Tibetan: gompa) relies on having the proper Dzogchen...

disguise. The imagery on the painting is largely based on the Sutra of the Contemplation of Amitayus, and has been the subject of several doctrinal commentaries...

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...

Buddha contemplation Devotion Chanting Sutra copying Prostration Making merit Dedication of merit Scriptures Amitāyus Sutra Amitābha Sūtra Contemplation Sutra...

various Buddhist sutras in Mahayana literature, including the Larger Sutra of Immeasurable Life, the Nirvana Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Mahaprajñaparamita...

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...

go there. "The Immeasurable Life Sutra". Retrieved 2011-10-17. Illustrated Pure Land Scriptures Contemplation Sutra, Lowest Grade Lowest Rebirth, Page...

Mahayana sutras. When Tánluán asked him about finding immortality, Bodhiruci told him he would not find it here, and gave him a copy of the Amitayus Sutra, which...

Kyogyoshinsho, which is a series of selections and commentaries on Buddhist sutras supporting the new Pure Land Buddhist movement, and establishing a doctrinal...

the Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Adornment Sutra), Surangama Sutra, Lotus Sutra (Dharma Flower Sutra), Diamond Sutra, Platform Sutra (Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch...