Amitabha

Amitābha
The Great Buddha of Kamakura in the Kōtoku-in temple
Sanskrit	अमिताभः IAST: Amitābhaḥ अमितायुः IAST: Amitāyuḥ
Burmese	အမိတာဘ
Chinese	阿弥陀佛, 阿彌陀佛 Pinyin: Āmítuó Fó[1]
Japanese	阿弥陀仏（あみだぶつ）, 阿弥陀如来（あみだにょらい） (romaji: Amida Butsu, Amida Nyorai)
Korean	아미타불 RR: Amitabul
Vietnamese	A Di Đà Phật

Amitābha is one of the main Buddhas of Mahayana Buddhism.^[2][3][4] Amitābha rules the Western Pure Land.^[5] He is worshipped in Mahayana Buddhism especially Pure Land Buddhism.^[6] He is one of the most widely worshipped Buddhas.^[2][3][4]

1. ↑ "阿彌陀佛". 25 June 2023.
2. 1 2 Lévi, Sylvain; Takakusu, Junjir; Demiéville, Paul; Watanabe, Kaigyoku (1929). Hobogirin: Dictionnaire encyclopédique de bouddhisme d'après les sources chinoises et japonaises, Paris: Maisonneuve, vols. 1–3, pp. 24–29
3. 1 2 Williams (2008), p. 238.
4. 1 2 阿彌陀 Amitâbha, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
5. ↑ Williams (2008), p. 240.
6. ↑ "What is the Nembutsu?". Buddhism for Beginners. Retrieved 2024-06-22.

• Williams, Paul (2008). Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Routledge.