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A study of both the Amitabha and the Amitayus sutras (known as the "longer" Sukhāvatīvyūha in Sanskrit) was published by Luis O. Gomez in 1996. [10] In Japan, Hōnen also commented on the work along with the other Pure Land sutras.
These sutras are the main Indian Mahayana sources for the teachings on Amitābha and his pure land. [9] In these sutras, Amitābha is a transcendent and immortal Buddha who resides in a pure buddhafield that he created. This pure land is located billions of worlds away in the western direction and all beings can attain rebirth there, where they ...
The Contemplation Sūtra is part of a genre of Contemplation Sutras (Chinese: 觀經, Guān jīng) that include other similar texts with visual meditations like Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra. [ 3 ] Also called by the short title Contemplation Sutra (觀經, Guān jīng ), this sutra is one of the three principle Pure Land sutras along with the ...
Another important figure in Korean Pure Land thought was the Hwaeom founder Uisang (625–702) who wrote a commentary on the Amitabha sutra, the Amit’a-gyŏng ŭigi (阿彌陀經義記 The meaning of the Amituo jing). [140] Pure land practice was also an important part of the Cheontae school (Korean Tiantai).
The Dilun scholar Jingying Huiyuan (淨影慧遠, J. Jōyō Eon) wrote the earliest extant Chinese commentary to the Sutra of Immeasurable Life. [9] Jizang (549-623) of the Sanlun school, also wrote an early commentary on this sutra. [9] In Japan, the 12th-century Pure Land scholar Hōnen wrote four separate commentaries on the sutra. [8]
In one type of group practice, participants usually recite this mantra three times after reciting the Heart Sutra or the Amitabha Sutra. The word "rebirth" tends to make people think that this mantra is only about "being reborn", and that it can only serve the particular purpose of going to the Pure Land.
The ornaments of the pure land include: Purity, Immeasurability, Marvelous Colors, pleasurable tactile objects (such as the grasses), adornments raining down from the sky (like flowers etc), light that fills the land, wondrous voice that fills the land teaching Dharma, Amitabha Buddha and the bodhisattvas, etc.
In the Smaller Sūtra, commonly known as the Amitabha Sutra, Buddha Shakyamuni describes the Pure Land of Amitabha to his disciple Śāriputra. The Buddha speaks of the physical and spiritual splendor of Sukhavati, highlighting features such as the seven rows of balustrades, nets, and trees made of the seven precious jewels.