Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra

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Buddhist scripture Mahayana sutra Pure Land Buddhist text

The Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture that teaches meditative practices for visualizing Amitābha Buddha and attaining rebirth in his Western Pure Land.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra canonical	5
Amitayus Meditation Sutra	1
Amitābha Sūtra	1
Infinite Life Sūtra	1
Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss	1
Sutra on the Contemplation of Amitayus	1
Sutra on the Visualization of Amitayus	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist scripture ⓘ Mahayana sutra ⓘ Pure Land Buddhist text ⓘ
associatedLanguage	Chinese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ
associatedWork	Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Smaller Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
canonicalStatus	important scripture in East Asian Pure Land schools ⓘ
centralDeity	Amitābha Buddha ⓘ Amitābha Buddha ⓘ surface form: Amitāyus Buddha
describesPlace	Sukhāvatī ⓘ Western Pure Land ⓘ surface form: Western Pure Land of Amitābha
featuresCharacter	Ajātaśatru ⓘ Bimbisara ⓘ surface form: King Bimbisāra Queen Vaidehī ⓘ Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Śākyamuni Buddha
geographicReception	China ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
goal	rebirth in the Western Pure Land ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Amitayus Meditation Sutra Guan Wuliangshou Jing ⓘ Kanmuryōjukyō ⓘ Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Sutra on the Contemplation of Amitayus Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Sutra on the Visualization of Amitayus
hasLanguage	Classical Chinese ⓘ
influencedTradition	Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Chinese Pure Land Buddhism Jōdo Shinshū ⓘ surface form: Japanese Jōdo Shinshū Jōdo-shū ⓘ surface form: Japanese Jōdo-shū Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Korean Pure Land Buddhism Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese Pure Land Buddhism
narrativeFrame	story of Queen Vaidehī ⓘ
partOf	Pure Land sutras ⓘ surface form: Three Pure Land Sutras
religiousTradition	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
structure	sequence of sixteen contemplations ⓘ
teachesNumberOfContemplations	16 ⓘ
teachesPractice	contemplation of the Buddha’s physical characteristics ⓘ contemplation of the Pure Land environment ⓘ meditation on Amitābha Buddha ⓘ visualization of Amitābha Buddha ⓘ visualization of the Western Pure Land ⓘ
theme	compassion of Amitābha Buddha ⓘ rebirth through faith and meditation ⓘ salvation through visualization practice ⓘ
timePeriod	translated into Chinese in early medieval period ⓘ
usedFor	devotional recitation ⓘ meditation guidance ⓘ ritual practice in Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Pure Land Buddhism → scripturalBasis → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

Amitābha Buddha → associatedScripture → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

Jōdo-shū → scripturalBasis → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

Daochuo → religiousConcept → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss

Daochuo → associatedText → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amitābha Sūtra

Daochuo → associatedText → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Infinite Life Sūtra

Western Pure Land → primaryScripturalSource → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → hasAlternativeName → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amitayus Meditation Sutra

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → hasAlternativeName → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sutra on the Visualization of Amitayus

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → hasAlternativeName → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sutra on the Contemplation of Amitayus

Jōdo Shinshū → scripture → Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ