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འོད་དཔག་མད། | Glossary of Terms

  • དཔག་མེད་འོད།

  • མཐའ་ཡས་འོད།
  • མི་དཔོགས་འོད།
  • འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
  • འོད་དཔག་མད།
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • འོད་མཐའ་ཡས།
  • འོད་སྣང་མཐའ་ཡས་པ།
  • སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས།
  • སྣང་མཐའ་ཡས།
  • ཨ་མི་ཏཱ་བྷ།
  • ’od dpag mad
  • ’od dpag med
  • mtha’ yas ’od
  • ’od dpag tu med pa
  • a mi tA b+ha
  • ’od mtha’ yas
  • dpag med ’od
  • snang ba mtha’ yas
  • ’od snang mtha’ yas pa
  • mi dpogs ’od
  • snang mtha’ yas
  • 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.

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་སྣང་མཐའ་ཡས་པ།
  • མི་དཔོགས་འོད།
  • ’od snang mtha’ yas pa
  • mi dpogs ’od
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

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.

Translation by Timothy Hinkle
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

Also known as Amitāyus in the sūtras, he is the buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Tulku Sherdor · Virginia Blum
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha residing in the western buddha realm of Sukhāvatī. He is also known as Amitāyus.

Translation by Celso Wilkinson · Laura Goetz · L. S. Summer
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

One of the most important buddhas in the Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna pantheon, Amitābha is the buddha presiding over the western pure land of Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Lowell Cook
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

Amitābha (Immeasurable Light) is the buddha associated with the western realm of Sukhāvatī. He is also known as Amitāyus.

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Amitābha
  • སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས།
  • snang ba mtha’ yas
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

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.

Translation by Julia Stenzel · Ngawang Rinchen Gyaltsen · Tsewang Gyaltsen
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

Buddha associated with Sukhāvatī; buddha of the western direction; principal buddha of the Pure Land tradition; as the bodhisattva Dharmākara, he made forty-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).

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མད།
  • ’od dpag mad
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī. In the sūtras more commonly known as Amitāyus.

Translation by Andreas Doctor
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Joseph McClellan
  • Amitābha
  • མཐའ་ཡས་འོད།
  • mtha’ yas ’od
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha who resides in Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Ani Jinpa Palmo
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha who resides in Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Venerable Jampa Losal · YangDol Tsatultsang
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

Buddha of the Sukhāvatī buddhafield.

Translation by Robert A. F. Thurman
  • Amitābha
  • སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས།
  • snang ba mtha’ yas
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The Buddha of boundless light; one of the five Tathāgatas in Tantrism; a visitor in Vimalakīrti’s house, according to the goddess’s report.

Translation by Gregory Forgues · Rolf Scheuermann
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
  • ’od dpag tu med pa
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

“Infinite Light.”

Translation by Joshua Capitanio
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

“Immeasurable Light.” A buddha whose realm, Sukhāvatī, lies in the western direction.

Translation by Timothy Hinkle · Anna Zilman · Lama Tenzin Sangpo
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha residing in the western buddha realm Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Damcho
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Ana Cristina Lopes
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

Name of the thus-gone one of the world system Sukhāvatī. Alternate name for Amitāyus.

Translation by Reverend Dr. Chodrung-ma Kunga Chodron
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

A buddha of the west; buddha of the Sukhāvatī buddhafield.

Translation by James Gentry
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

One of the five buddhas.

Translation by Thomas Doctor
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Stefan Mang · Peter Woods
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha of the western realm of Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Adam Krug
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha who presides over the buddhafield Sukhāvatī; also known as Amitāyus.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical
  • Amitābha
  • དཔག་མེད་འོད།
  • dpag med ’od
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

One of the tathāgatas attending the delivery of the MMK.

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Amitābha
  • སྣང་མཐའ་ཡས།
  • snang mtha’ yas
  • amitābha AS
  • 阿彌陀佛
Translation by James Gentry
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Stefan Mang · Roger Espel Llima · Ryan Conlon · Paul Thomas
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Stefan Mang · Lowell Cook · Ryan Conlon · Paul Thomas · Roger Espel Llima
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Stefan Mang · Laura Dainty · Ryan Conlon · Paul Thomas · Roger Espel Llima
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Stefan Mang · Laura Dainty · Ryan Conlon · Paul Thomas · Roger Espel Llima
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Translation by Catherine Dalton
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
  • ’od dpag tu med pa
  • amitābha
Translation by Catherine Dalton
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
  • ’od dpag tu med pa
  • amitābha
Translation by Catherine Dalton
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
  • ’od dpag tu med pa
  • amitābha
Translation by Julian Schott
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

Also known as Amitāyus, he is a tathāgata associated with longevity. Among the five families, he is the head of the lotus family.

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
  • ’od dpag tu med pa
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

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.

Translation by Peter Alan Roberts
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་ཏུ་མེད་པ།
  • ’od dpag tu med pa
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

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.

Translation by Adam Krug · Dr. Andreas Doctor
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་མཐའ་ཡས།
  • ’od mtha’ yas
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

“Infinite Light,” the name of the buddha who presides over Sukhāvatī, also called Amitāyus or Aparimitāyus. Traditionally equated, too, with Dundubhi­svara­rāja.

Translation by Adam Krug
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

One of the most important buddhas in the Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna pantheon, Amitābha is the buddha presiding over the western Pure Land of Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Wiesiek Mical · Anna Zilman · Andreas Doctor · Adam Krug
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha of “infinite light.”

Translation by Stefan Mang · Lowell Cook
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha residing in the western buddha realm Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Laura Dainty · Khenpo Tsöndrü Sangpo
  • Amitābha
  • ཨ་མི་ཏཱ་བྷ།
  • a mi tA b+ha
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

One of the five primary tathāgatas, he presides over the lotus family.

Translation by Ryan Damron · Wiesiek Mical
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha residing in the western buddhafield Sukhāvatī.

Translation by Lozang Jamspal · Kaia Fischer · Erin Sperry
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha
Definition in this text:

The buddha of the western buddhafield of Sukhāvatī, he is also known as Amitāyus.

Translation by Catherine Dalton
  • Amitābha
  • འོད་དཔག་མེད།
  • ’od dpag med
  • amitābha AD