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འོད་དཔག་མད། | Glossary of Terms
འོད་དཔག་མད།
’od dpag mad
Amitābha
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The buddha of the western buddhafield of Sukhāvatī, where fortunate beings are reborn to make further progress toward spiritual maturity. Amitābha made his great vows to create such a realm when he was a bodhisattva called Dharmākara. In the Pure Land Buddhist tradition, popular in East Asia, aspiring to be reborn in his buddha realm is the main emphasis; in other Mahāyāna traditions, too, it is a widespread practice. For a detailed description of the realm, see The Display of the Pure Land of Sukhāvatī, Toh 115. In some tantras that make reference to the five families he is the tathāgata associated with the the lotus family.
Amitābha, “Infinite Light,” is also known in many Indian Buddhist works as Amitāyus, “Infinite Life.” In both East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions he is often conflated with another buddha named “Infinite Life,” Aparimitāyus, or “Infinite Life and Wisdom,”Aparimitāyurjñāna, the shorter version of whose name has also been back-translated from Tibetan into Sanskrit as Amitāyus but who presides over a realm in the zenith. For details on the relation between these buddhas and their names, see The Aparimitāyurjñāna Sūtra (1) Toh 674, i.9.
- Amitābha
- འོད་སྣང་མཐའ་ཡས་པ།
- མི་དཔོགས་འོད།
- ’od snang mtha’ yas pa
- mi dpogs ’od
- Amitābha
The buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī, he is also known as Amitāyus. The Tibetan translation of Amitābha in this sūtra differs from the usual translations, either ’od dpag med or snang ba mtha’ yas. It is also the name in chapter 44 of a future buddha in this kalpa. In that instance the Tibetan is mi dpogs ’od.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
Also known as Amitāyus in the sūtras, he is the buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
The buddha residing in the western buddha realm of Sukhāvatī. He is also known as Amitāyus.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
One of the most important buddhas in the Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna pantheon, Amitābha is the buddha presiding over the western pure land of Sukhāvatī.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
Amitābha (Immeasurable Light) is the buddha associated with the western realm of Sukhāvatī. He is also known as Amitāyus.
- Amitābha
- སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས།
- snang ba mtha’ yas
- Amitābha
More commonly known as Amitāyus in the sūtras, he is the buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī. Rebirth in that realm has been an important goal since early Mahāyāna.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
Buddha associated with Sukhāvatī; buddha of the western direction; principal buddha of the Pure Land tradition; as the bodhisattva Dharmākara, he made fourty-eight original vows (praṇidhāna) to bring beings to enlightenment, thus establishing Sukhāvatī for their benefit; in tantrism he is one of the five dhyāni-buddhas and is associated with the aggregate of notions (saṃjñāskandha).
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མད།
- ’od dpag mad
- Amitābha
The buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī. In the sūtras more commonly known as Amitāyus.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
- Amitābha
- མཐའ་ཡས་འོད།
- mtha’ yas ’od
- Amitābha
The buddha who resides in Sukhāvatī.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
The buddha who resides in Sukhāvatī.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
Buddha of the Sukhāvatī buddha field.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
- ’od dpag tu med pa
- amitābha
“Infinite Light.”
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
“Immeasurable Light.” A buddha whose realm, Sukhāvatī, lies in the western direction.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
The buddha residing in the western buddha realm Sukhāvatī.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
Name of the thus-gone one of the world system Sukhāvatī. Alternate name for Amitāyus.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
A buddha of the west; buddha of the Sukhāvatī buddhafield.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
One of the five buddhas.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- amitābha
The buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- amitābha
The buddha who presides over the buddhafield Sukhāvatī; also known as Amitāyus.
- Amitābha
- དཔག་མེད་འོད།
- dpag med ’od
- Amitābha
One of the tathāgatas attending the delivery of the MMK.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
- ’od dpag tu med pa
- Amitābha
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
- ’od dpag tu med pa
- Amitābha
Originally primarily known as Amitāyus, the buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī. Rebirth in that realm has been an important goal since early Mahāyāna.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
- ’od dpag tu med pa
- Amitābha
Originally primarily known as Amitāyus, the buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī. Rebirth in that realm has been an important goal since early Mahāyāna.
- Amitābha
- འོད་མཐའ་ཡས།
- ’od mtha’ yas
- Amitābha
“Infinite Light,” the name of the buddha who presides over Sukhāvatī, also called Amitāyus or Aparimitāyus. Traditionally equated, too, with Dundubhisvararāja.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
One of the most important buddhas in the Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna pantheon, Amitābha is the buddha presiding over the western Pure Land of Sukhāvatī.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
The buddha of “infinite light.”
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
The buddha residing in the western buddha realm Sukhāvatī.
- Amitābha
- འོད་དཔག་མེད།
- ’od dpag med
- Amitābha
The buddha residing in the western buddhafield Sukhāvatī.