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Amitābha is also known in Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, India and other regions where Tibetan Buddhism is practiced. In the Highest Yogatantra of Tibetan Buddhism, Amitābha is considered one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas known also as the Five Tathagatas together with Akshobhya, Amoghasiddhi, Ratnasambhava, and Vairocana.
East Asian Pure Land Buddhism mostly relies on the practice of mindfulness of the Buddha, which is called niànfó (念佛, "Buddha recitation", Japanese: nenbutsu) in Chinese and entails reciting the name of Amitabha (Chinese: Āmítuófó, Japanese: Amida). [9] However, Pure Land Buddhism also includes a large group of practices which are ...
Painting of the Amida Buddha descending from heaven in a raigō procession (14th century) Raigō (Japanese: 来迎, lit. "welcoming approach"; Sanskrit: pratyudyāna) in Japanese Buddhism is the appearance of the Amida Buddha on a "purple" cloud (紫雲) at the time of one's death. [1]
As in other Pure Land Buddhist schools, Amitābha is a central focus of the Buddhist practice, and Jōdo Shinshū expresses this devotion through a chanting practice called nembutsu, or "Mindfulness of the Buddha [Amida]". The nembutsu is simply reciting the phrase Namu Amida Butsu ("I take refuge in Amitābha Buddha"). Jōdo Shinshū is not ...
Kakuban's Amida Hishaku (Esoteric Meaning of Amida) is an important exposition of esoteric Pure Land thought on nembutsu practice. [70] For Kakuban, Amitabha is a manifestation of the all-pervasive Dharmakaya Mahavairocana. As such, the nembutsu is a powerful mantra that turns one's heart-mind towards an awareness of one's own innate buddha ...
The Raigō of Amida and Twenty-Five Attendants, or Rapid Descent of Amida is a 14th century Japanese scroll painting on silk completed during the late Kamakura period. Currently located in the temple of Chion-in , in Kyoto , the painting depicts the salvation of the deceased by the Buddha Amitābha , and twenty-five bodhisattvas , among them ...
Sukhavati is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land and is the most well-known of the Mahayana Buddhist pure lands due to the popularity of Pure Land Buddhism in East Asia. Sukhavati is also an important postmortem goal for Tibetan Buddhists , and is a common buddhafield used in the practice of phowa ("transference of consciousness ...
"Amida Manifesting in the Dharma-body of Expedient Means", Japanese painting, at the Met. Other power (Chinese: tālì 他力, Japanese: tariki, Sanskrit: *para-bala) is an East Asian Mahayana Buddhist concept which is discussed in Pure Land Buddhism and other forms of East Asian Buddhism.