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What is the difference between Amitābha's Sukhāvatī & the Lotus Vault?
Perhaps your title question is too board. And I'm too lazy to check all the Sanskrit names of the Sutras in corresponding to the Chinese.
So, you are asking to compare Sukhavati with the Lotus-...
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Does Pure Land Buddhism ever have a Buddha other than Amitābha as the object of devotion?
Yes, there is other Pure Land in Buddhism other than Amitabha Buddha's. It is called the Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli of the East. The Buddha that resides there is called Bhaisajyaguru Buddha or Medicine ...
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Are Amitabha and Sakyamuni the same?
From my understanding Gautama Buddha and Amida Buddha are two different Buddha. When Amida made his vows it was immeasurable kalpas ago and He just became Buddha 10 kalpas ago. In the Infinite Life ...
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Which Animal corresponds to which Buddha?
In Mahayana and Tibetan Buddhism, various animals are associated with different Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
This web page has more information about the sacred animals in Buddhism
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Are Amitabha and Sakyamuni the same?
Amitabh and Buddha are not the same. Amitabh is the infinite light of revelations , source of innumerable miracles.
Buddha discourages display of any miracles.
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Are Amitabha and Sakyamuni the same?
As mentioned before, there are different levels of meaning. The confusion comes from assuming that they are contradictory or exclusive instead of complementary and inclusive. That is, the reality of ...
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Not remembering past life(s)?
In the essay "To Suffer Is an Active Verb", Thanissaro Bhikkhu wrote:
This is one of the reasons
why the Buddha doesn’t have us try to go back into the past and ask,
“What did I do to ...
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Not remembering past life(s)?
Many new to Buddhism are stuck into these matters and created a feeling of discomfort, including myself.
But when I longer study Buddhism, it leads me to study something easier to understand like ...
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Not remembering past life(s)?
Do you remember what you had for lunch yesterday? We remember only if we are interested in that thing or it is extremely important for us. We continually become because we are not happy with the past ...
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Are Amitabha and Sakyamuni the same?
As for Theravada, Our Gautama Buddha had never mentioned about Amitabha. At the time being, he became a buddha under bodhi tree, he looked up the whold universe finding who he should pay homage or who ...
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Are Amitabha and Sakyamuni the same?
Are Amitabha and Sakyamuni the same? Since this question is not very specific, there are a few ways to answer.
(1) Sakyamuni and Amitabha took different paths to become a Buddha. Sakyamuni was ...
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Does Pure Land Buddhism ever have a Buddha other than Amitābha as the object of devotion?
Short answer, no. Although we revere Sakyamuni, he is not the focus of Pureland. However, the devotion to bodhisattvas is something else. Mainly, there is Kuan Shih Yin Pusa, Ta Shih Chi Pusa, and the ...
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