Sukhāvatī

E292242

Buddhist cosmological realm Buddhist paradise Pure Land

Sukhāvatī is the blissful western paradise presided over by Amitābha Buddha, where beings are reborn to progress easily toward enlightenment in Pure Land Buddhism.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sukhāvatī canonical	5
Amitābha’s Pure Land	1
Gokuraku (Pure Land / Paradise)	1
Sukhavati (Pure Land of Bliss)	1
Sukhāvatī (the Pure Land of Amitābha)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist cosmological realm ⓘ Buddhist paradise ⓘ Pure Land ⓘ
accessMethod	rebirth through dedication of merit ⓘ rebirth through faith in Amitābha ⓘ rebirth through recitation of Amitābha’s name ⓘ
associatedBodhisattva	Avalokiteśvara ⓘ Mahāsthāmaprāpta ⓘ
contrastWith	Saha World ⓘ
cosmologicalCategory	Buddha-field ⓘ pure land ⓘ
describedAs	adorned with jewel trees ⓘ adorned with lotus ponds ⓘ filled with celestial music ⓘ free from lower realms of rebirth ⓘ
direction	West ⓘ
doctrineType	devotional Buddhism ⓘ faith-based soteriology ⓘ
eschatologicalRole	destination for devotees at end of life ⓘ
function	realm for rebirth to progress toward enlightenment ⓘ
goalOfPractice	rebirth after death ⓘ
inhabitantType	bodhisattvas ⓘ enlightened beings ⓘ sentient beings reborn through Amitābha’s vow ⓘ
otherName	Land of Bliss ⓘ Western Paradise ⓘ Western Pure Land ⓘ
presidingDeity	Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
primaryTextualSource	Amitābha Sūtra ⓘ Contemplation Sūtra ⓘ Infinite Life Sūtra ⓘ Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Smaller Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
prominentIn	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Chinese Pure Land Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Japanese Pure Land Buddhism Korean Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Tibetan Pure Land traditions Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese Pure Land Buddhism
purpose	enable easy progress on the bodhisattva path ⓘ
quality	abundant bliss ⓘ free from suffering ⓘ ideal conditions for Dharma practice ⓘ
religiousTradition	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
soteriologicalRole	facilitates attainment of Buddhahood ⓘ
teleology	lead beings to final enlightenment ⓘ
vowBasis	Amitābha’s primal vow ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pure Land Buddhism → cosmologicalRealm → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

Pure Land sutras → describes → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sukhāvatī (the Pure Land of Amitābha)

Amitābha Buddha → realmName → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

Tanluan → associatedWith → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sukhavati (Pure Land of Bliss)

Shandao → wroteAbout → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amitābha’s Pure Land

Western Pure Land → hasOtherName → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

Western Pure Land → SanskritName → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → describesPlace → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

Temple 2: Gokurakuji → namedAfter → Sukhāvatī ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gokuraku (Pure Land / Paradise)