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The Amitayurdhyāna-Sūtra, (The Sutra of Contemplation on Buddha Amitayus) is in the Buddhist Canon only in Chinese, and not in Sanskrit or Tibetan. It describes the Pure Land of Amitāyus/Amitābha Buddha, Sukhāvatī. 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. [1]
References
- ↑ Williams, Paul. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, 2nd edition. Routledge, 2009, p. 239