Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra
The ''Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra'' ( zh , t=佛說觀無量壽佛經, s=佛说观无量寿佛经, p=Fóshuōguānwúliàngshòufójīng, w=, l=, English language, English: ''Contemplation of Amitāyus Sutra,'' or ''Sutra on the Visualization of Measureless Life'' [''Buddha''], Taishō Tripiṭaka, Taisho no. 365) is a Mahayana sutras, Mahāyāna sutra which is important for East Asian Pure Land Buddhism, a major branch of East Asian Buddhism, East Asian Mahāyāna.Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014). ''The Princeton dictionary of Buddhism,'' p. 332. (Princeton University Press).Williams, Paul. ''Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, 2nd edition.'' Routledge, 2009, p. 239 No Sanskrit original has been found, and the title of the sutra has been back-translated into Sanskrit by scholars as either ''Amitāyur-Dhyana in Buddhism, dhyāna Sūtra'' or ''Amitāyur-buddhānusmṛti-sūtra'' ("Amitāyus Buddha-mindfulness Sūtra"). The ''Contemplation Sūtra'' is pa ...
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