The Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra (Sanskrit); simplified Chinese: 佛说观无量寿佛经; traditional Chinese: 佛說觀無量壽佛經; pinyin: Fóshuōguānwúliàngshòufójīng; Vietnamese: Phật...
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Devadatta (section Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra)
merit, leading to his awakening. In the Mahayana Buddhist text, the Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra, Devadatta is said to have convinced Prince Ajātasattu to murder...
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Amitābha (section References in Sutras)
as canonical in East Asian Buddhism: Amitayurdhyana Sutra Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra Amitābha is understood as the Buddha...
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Pure Land Buddhism (redirect from Pure Land sutras)
Pure Land Sutras") are the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Infinite Life Sutra/The Larger Amitabha Sutra), Amitayurdhyana Sutra (Contemplation Sutra) and the...
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Mahayana sutras in the Chinese canon which have been influential in East Asian Buddhism and are likely apocryphal include: Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra (佛說觀無量壽佛經...
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continuous pure mindfulness of Amitābha, to obtain samādhi. In the Amitayurdhyana Sutra, Mahāsthāmaprāpta is symbolized by the moon while Avalokiteśvara...
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Huayan (section Huayan sutra)
Commentary on the Amitabhasutra, and Straightforward Commentary on the Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra”. Another influential figure was the lay scholar Peng Shaosheng (彭紹升...
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The ten nianfos cited in both the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra and the Amitayurdhyana Sutra are oral recitations (kǒuchēng 口稱, also called the “ten sounds”...
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Buddhānusmṛti (section In the Pure land sutras)
should resolve to be reborn in that land. Other Pure Land sutra like the Amitayurdhyana Sutra, include lengthy descriptions of the Buddha Amitabha's physical...
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Mahāyāna sūtras present the insight into the non-arisen nature of dharmas as a great achievement of bodhisattvas. The Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra mentions that...
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