84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཚེ་དཔག་མེད། | Glossary of Terms

  • ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།

  • tshe dpag med
  • amitāyus
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  • Amitāyus (of the past)
  • ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།
  • tshe dpag med
  • amitāyus
Definition in this text:

A past buddha. His name (meaning “infinite life”) can refer more generally to the buddha associated with longevity and life energy who dwells in the western realm of Sukhāvatī and who is also known as Amitābha (“infinite light”). However, it is uncertain in this text whether this is referring to the same buddha; see UT22084-045-001-128. Elsewhere, this name refers to the buddha who is 283 among the buddhas of the Good Eon; see “Amitāyus (of the Good Eon).”

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ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།

  • amitāyus
  • Amitāyus