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Japanese painting of the Taima Mandala, depicting Sukhavati. Kamakura period, 13th century.

Sukhavati (IAST: Sukhāvatī; "Blissful") is the pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism. It is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land and is the most well-known of Buddhist pure lands due to the popularity of Pure Land Buddhism in East Asia.

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Sukhavati

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Sukhavati (IAST: Sukhāvatī; "Blissful") is the pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism. It is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land and...

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Pure land

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Sakyamuni's field. Purified fields include Amitabha's buddha-field of Sukhavati. Some sutras say that Sakyamuni chose to come to an impure world due to...

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Pure Land Buddhism

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a place. The most common pure land today is that of Amitābha, called Sukhavati, "Land of Bliss". Mahayana Buddhists may also aspire to be reborn in other...

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Nianfo

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not enumerate any vows of Amitābha or the qualities of his pure land, Sukhāvatī, but rather briefly describes the repetition of the name of Amitābha as...

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Valhalla

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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...

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Phowa

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said to occur after death.[citation needed] Example destinations are Sukhāvatī, Abhirati, Ghanavyūha, Aṭakāvatī, Mount Potala, the Copper-Colored Mountain...

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Guanyin

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Guanyin in the heart of a lotus and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhāvatī.[by whom?] Guanyin is often referred to as the "most widely beloved Buddhist...

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Om mani padme hum

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includes a declaration of the manner in which a person is reborn in Sukhavati: “in the jewel lotus.” The first known description of the mantra appears...

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Mantra

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saptānāṃ samyaksaṃbuddha koṭīnāṃ tadyathā oṃ cale cule cunde svāhā Amitabha Sukhavati Dhāraṇī, sometimes called the Pure Land Rebirth Mantra Mantra of Light...

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Kek Lok Si

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means "Sukhāvatī Temple". In Hokkien (a southern Chinese language), Kek-lok literally means "supreme joy", itself a translation of Sukhāvatī, a paradise...

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Elysium

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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...

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Buddhahood

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the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism. His buddha-field is called Sukhāvatī ("Blissful"). Amoghasiddhi ("Infallible Success") Bhaiṣajyaguru ("Medicine...

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Abhirati

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earliest era of Mahayana thought, Abhirati is far less widely known than Sukhāvatī, the pure land of Amitābha that has been the sole focus of Pure Land Buddhism...

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Sitatapatra

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Whoever practices her mantra will be reborn in Amitābha's pure land of Sukhāvatī as well as gaining protection against supernatural danger and witchcraft...

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Garden of Eden

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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...

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Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Dharani

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all past karma, bestow rebirth in the highest level of Sukhāvatī, and produce visions of Sukhāvatī, Amitāyus Buddha, and assemblies of bodhisattvas. From...

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Eschatology

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Buddha presides over a land of purity. For example, Amitabha presides over Sukhavati, more popularly known as the "Western Paradise". A notable teaching he...

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Empyrean

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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

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nembutsu for the purpose of being born into Amida Buddha's Pure Land of Sukhavati, where he would be able to easily attain Buddhahood and protect his descendants...

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Asgard

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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...

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Ten Small Mantras

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svaha! Sukhāvatī-vyūha Dhāraṇī (Chinese: 往生淨土神咒, Pinyin: Wǎngshēng Jìngtǔ Shénzhòu; associated with Amitabha and his Pure Land of Sukhāvatī): Sanskrit:...

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Trump Buddha

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the Buddha of Knowing of the Western Paradise (Chinese: 西天懂佛, lit. 'Sukhavati Buddha of Knowing Everything'), commonly known as Trump Buddha or Buddha...

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Jannah

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Heaven Yāma Form Realm Brahmā worlds Formless Realm Nirvana Pure land Sukhavati Hinduism 14 planetary systems Ādi Śeṣa Svarga Naraka Vaikuntha Kailash...

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Shandao

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devotion to Amitābha: Reverence shown to Amitābha and bodhisattvas in Sukhavati: Avalokiteśvara and Mahasthamaprapta. Wholehearted and exclusive practice...

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