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*[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 of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra by Hisao Inagaki, 2003 | *[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 of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra by Hisao Inagaki, 2003 | ||
*Peter Lunde Johnson, [https://anlacpublications.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/lpb-sutra-n.pdf The Scripture on the Buddha’s Teaching About Meditation On the Enlightened Being ‘Of Infinite Life’] | *Peter Lunde Johnson, [https://anlacpublications.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/lpb-sutra-n.pdf The Scripture on the Buddha’s Teaching About Meditation On the Enlightened Being ‘Of Infinite Life’], 2018 | ||
==Commentaries== | ==Commentaries== | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 26 November 2023
The Amitayurdhyana Sutra (Skt. Amitāyurdhyāna-Sūtra), or Sutra of Contemplation on Buddha Amitayus, describes the Pure Land of Amitayus/Amitabha Buddha, Sukhavati, and gives a method of contemplation on the details of the Pure Land in thirteen stages, then continues with a further three meditations, each of which refers to three types of birth in the Pure Land.
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This sutra only appears in the Chinese Buddhist Canon, not in Sanskrit or Tibetan ones.[1]
- The Three Pure Land Sutras, includes a translation of the Amitayurdhyana Sutra by Hisao Inagaki, 2003
- Peter Lunde Johnson, The Scripture on the Buddha’s Teaching About Meditation On the Enlightened Being ‘Of Infinite Life’, 2018
Commentaries
- Vasubandhu, the Sukhāvatīvyūhopadeśa (Skt.)
References
- ↑ Williams, Paul. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, 2nd edition. Routledge, 2009, p. 239.