Amitābha (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐmɪˈtaːbʱɐ], "Measureless" or "Limitless" Light), also known as Amida in Japanese (Chinese: 阿彌陀; pinyin: Ēmítuó, widely pronounced Āmítuó), is one of …

The concept of "Amida" (i.e., a Japanese form of the two Sanskrit names of a Buddha: Amitabha (Limitless Light) and Amitayus (Limitless Life) is probably the most important concept in Shin …

Amitabha, in Mahayana Buddhism, and particularly in the so-called Pure Land sects, the great saviour buddha. As related in the Sukhavati-vyuha-sutras (the fundamental scriptures of the …

Feb 28, 2025 · Amida Buddha, known in Sanskrit as Amitābha and in Japanese as Amida, is one of the most venerated figures in Mahayana Buddhism. Revered as the Buddha of Infinite Light …

Amida Nyorai (=Amida Tathagata), the Buddha of Limitless Light (無量光佛), also Amitāyus, the Buddha of Limitless Life (無量壽佛), is the primary Buddha of the Pure Land school of …

Amitabha (Sanskrit, “Limitless Light”) is one of the five primordial or dhyani buddhas of Mahayana Buddhism. Also called Amida or Amitayus (“Limitless Life”), Amitabha is the central buddha in …

“Namo Amitabha” is a praise chanted in different forms by millions — as a complete practice in itself. He is best known as the Buddha of Compassion. Sometimes he is called the “Buddha of …

Jan 22, 2025 · Amida Buddha is a cosmic Buddha and not a historical figure but is the personification or embodiment of Infinite light and life or universal wisdom and boundless …

Amida is regarded as a great savior. [MA-huh-yaa-nuh] literally, “Great Vehicle”; a major Buddhist movement that emerged sometime before the second century CE and produced a large body …

Amida is the Japanese reading for the name Amitabha or Amitayus in Sanskrit, as the Buddha of Infinite Light and Eternal Life. Emerging out of obscurity in ancient Mahayana Buddhism, …