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A c. 1490–1550 Muromachi-period statue of the Amitābha Buddha from Japan, from the collection of the Guimet Museum in Paris, France
约1490~1550年于室町时代的日本制作的阿弥陀佛像，现藏于法国巴黎的吉美博物馆

借自梵語 (amitābha, “无量的光”)，源自 (amita, “无法测量的，无尽的”)[1] + (ābhā, “光辉，光”)。[2]

发音

  • (標準英音) 國際音標(幫助)：/əmiˈtaːbə/
  • （英国）音频：(檔案)
  • 斷字：Ami‧tā‧bha

专有名词

(通常不可數，複數)

  1. (佛教) 阿弥陀佛
    1. 净土宗中的主佛
      • 1990, Peter Harvey, “Buddhist Practice: Devotion”, 出自 An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, Cambridge: , →ISBN，頁號 187:
        Devotion to Amitābha Buddha is found within most schools of the Mahāyāna, but is the essence of Pure Land practice, which centres on the ‘Buddha invocation’ (Ch. nien-fo, Jap. nembutsu). This is the repetition of ‘Nan-mo A-mi-t’o Fo’ (Ch.) or ‘Nama Amida Butsu’ (Jap.), translations of the Sanskrit ‘Namo Amitābhāya Buddhāya’, meaning ‘Hail to Amitābha Buddha’.
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      • 1990, , “Pure Land Buddhist Development in India and China prior to Hui-yüan”, 出自 The Dawn of Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Doctrine: Ching-ying Hui-yüan's Commentary on the Visualization Sutra (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies), Albany, N.Y.: , →ISBN，頁號 1:
        "Pure Land Buddhism" refers to a set of beliefs and practices that espouses for its aspirants the realization of the stage of non-retrogression (avaivartika; pu t'ui-chuan) either in the present life or through rebirth in a Buddha land or realm (Buddha-kṣetra; fo-kuo) called "Sukhāvatī" (Land of Bliss). […] The Buddha Amitāyus (Wu-liang-shou; Immeasurable Life) or Buddha Amitābha (Wu-liang-kuang; Immeasurable Light) is the 'transcendant' Buddha who presides over the Sukhāvatī world-realm.
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      • 2004, Mark L. Blum, “Mahayana Scriptures”, 出自 Kevin Trainor 編, Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide, New York, N.Y.: , →ISBN，頁號 202:
        The is chiefly concerned with describing the wonders of Amitabha Buddha's Pure Land, although it also discusses in some detail the characteristics of Amitabha himself.
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      • 2004, Jacqueline I. Stone, “By the Power of One's Last Nenbutsu: Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan”, 出自 Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitābha (Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism; 17), Honolulu, Hi.: , →ISBN，頁號 77:
        Less well recognized, however, is the central role played in much of early medieval Pure Land Buddhism by deathbed practices and accompanying beliefs about the radical salvific power of one's last nenbutsu, whether understood as the contemplation of the Buddha Amitābha (or Amitāyus, Jpn. Amida) or the invocation of his name.
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      • 2007, Amy McNair, “Salvation for One”, 出自 Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, Honolulu, Hi.: , →ISBN，頁號s 151–152:
        The overall programme of the Pure Land Hall represents the process of rebirth in Sukhāvatī, and the three standing Amitābhas in the shrine represent the three possible manifestations of Amitābha to the dying believer on earth, which is the beginning of that process.
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      • 2013, , , “Amitābha”, 出自 The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton, N.J.: , →ISBN，頁號 35, column 1:
        In East Asia, the cult of Amitābha eventually became so widespread that it transcended sectarian distinction, and Amitābha became the most popular buddha in the region. In Tibet, Amitābha worship dates to the early propagation of Buddhism in that country in the eighth century, although it never became as prevalent as in East Asia.
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    2. 密宗中的五方佛之一
      • 1827 July, “Asiatic Society of Calcutta”, 出自 The Oriental Herald, and Journal of General Literature, 卷 XIV, 期 43, London: Printed [by J. R. Gordon, 147, ] for the editor, and sold by all booksellers, →OCLC，頁號 147:
        A letter from Mr. to Mr. Bayley, was then read, giving an outline of the theocracy of the Buddha system of Nepal. […] According to the information now communicated, the northern Buddhas acknowledge four sets of divine beings, or of superhuman objects of veneration. The first of these is, contrary to the generally supposed atheistical tendency of the faith, one primæval and uncreated deity. This first Buddha manifested five of his attributes, as five secondary Buddhas; in one of whom, Amitabha, or the 'immeasurably splendid,' in Prakrit and Pali, Amitabo, we recognise the Amito of the Japanese.
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      • 2000, “Description of Illustrations”, 出自 編, The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation: Or the Method of Realizing Nirvāṇa through Knowing the Mind, New York, N.Y.: , →ISBN，頁號 xxi:
        In the upper corner, above 's sword, is the figure of the Amitābha, the 'One of Boundless (or Incomprehensible) Light', of whom the are believed to be incarnations. […] Amitābha presides over the Western Paradise known as .
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  2. (印度教) 阿弥陀佛
    • 1840, , transl., “Of the Seven Future Manus and Manwantaras. Story of Sanjná and Chháyá, Wives of the Sun. Sávarńi, Son of Chháyá, the Eighth Manu. His Successors, with the Divinities, &c., of Their Respective Periods. Appearance of Vishńu in each of the Four Yugas.”, 出自 The , a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Translated from the Original Sanscrit, and Illustrated by Notes Derived Chiefly from Other Puráńas, London: Published by , , →OCLC，頁號 267:
      In the period in which shall be the , the classes of the gods will be the Sutapas, Amitábhas, and Mukhyas; twenty-one of each.
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参考资料

  1. ↑ Monier Williams (1872), “ a-mita”, A Sanskṛit–English Dictionary: […], Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 3592375, 页76, 卷1
  2. ↑ Monier Williams (1872), “ ā-bhā”, A Sanskṛit–English Dictionary: […], Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 3592375, 页124, 卷2

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