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'''Amitabhavyuha Sutra''' (Skt. ''Amitābhavyūhasūtra''; Tib. འོད་དཔག་མེད་ཀྱི་བཀོད་པའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] '' 'od dpag med kyi bkod pa'i mdo''), which is also known as the "longer" ''Sukhavativyuha Sutra'' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra''), gives a detailed description of the [[Sukhavati]] pure realm of Buddha [[Amitabha]]. It also details the dozens of vows that Amitabha made in a previous life as the monk Dharmakara that give Sukhavati its special qualities and that cause the great benefits of merely hearing Amitabha's name. The teaching takes place on [[Vulture's Peak]] Mountain near [[Rajagriha]]. | '''Amitabhavyuha Sutra''' (Skt. ''Amitābhavyūhasūtra''; Tib. འོད་དཔག་མེད་ཀྱི་བཀོད་པའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] '' 'od dpag med kyi bkod pa'i mdo''), which is also known as the "longer" ''Sukhavativyuha Sutra'' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra''), gives a detailed description of the [[Sukhavati]] pure realm of Buddha [[Amitabha]]. It also details the dozens of vows that Amitabha made, in a previous life as the monk Dharmakara, that give Sukhavati its special qualities and that cause the great benefits of merely hearing Amitabha's name. The teaching takes place on [[Vulture's Peak]] Mountain near [[Rajagriha]]. | ||
==Tibetan Text== | ==Tibetan Text== | ||
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*[[Smaller Sukhavativyuha Sutra]] | *[[Smaller Sukhavativyuha Sutra]] | ||
==External Links== | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140512124959/http://www.bdk.or.jp/pdf/bdk/digitaldl/dBET_ThreePureLandSutras_2003.pdf The Three Pure Land Sutras], includes a translation from Chinese of the Amitabhavyuha Sutra by Hisao Inagaki, 2003 | |||
[[Category:Sutras]] | [[Category:Sutras]] | ||
[[Category:Mahayana Sutras]] | [[Category:Mahayana Sutras]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:42, 20 November 2023
Amitabhavyuha Sutra (Skt. Amitābhavyūhasūtra; Tib. འོད་དཔག་མེད་ཀྱི་བཀོད་པའི་མདོ།, Wyl. 'od dpag med kyi bkod pa'i mdo), which is also known as the "longer" Sukhavativyuha Sutra (Skt. Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra), gives a detailed description of the Sukhavati pure realm of Buddha Amitabha. It also details the dozens of vows that Amitabha made, in a previous life as the monk Dharmakara, that give Sukhavati its special qualities and that cause the great benefits of merely hearing Amitabha's name. The teaching takes place on Vulture's Peak Mountain near Rajagriha.
Tibetan Text
The text was translated into Tibetan from Sanskrit by Shyang Yeshé Dé.
Internal Links
External Links
- The Three Pure Land Sutras, includes a translation from Chinese of the Amitabhavyuha Sutra by Hisao Inagaki, 2003