Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Amitayur-dhyana-sutra

(Sanskrit: �Discourse Concerning Meditation on Amitayus�), one of three texts basic to Pure Land Buddhism. Together with the larger and smaller Sukhavati-vyuha-sutras (Sanskrit: �Description of the Western Paradise Sutras�), this text envisions rebirth in the celestial Pure Land of Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life (virtually identical with Amitabha, �Infinite Light,� called

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