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[[Image:Amitabha.jpg|frame|Amitabha from a [[thangka]] in the personal collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]]]
[[Image:Amitabha.jpg|frame|Amitabha from a [[thangka]] in the personal collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]]]
'''Amitabha''' (Skt. ''Amitābha''; Tib. [[འོད་དཔག་མེད་]], ''Öpamé'' or སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས་, ''Nangwa Tayé''; སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས་, [[Wyl.]] ''snang ba mtha' yas'') — the Buddha of Boundless Light, belonging to the [[lotus family]] (one of the [[five buddha families]]). The ''[[Amitabhavyuha Sutra]]'' tells us that many aeons ago, as the monk Dharmakara, he generated [[bodhichitta]] in the presence of the Buddha Lokeshvara. At that time, he made fifty-one vows to lead all beings to his pure realm of [[Sukhavati]].
'''Amitabha''' (Skt. ''Amitābha''; Tib. [[འོད་དཔག་མེད་]], ''Öpamé'' or སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས་, ''Nangwa Tayé''; སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས་, [[Wyl.]] ''snang ba mtha' yas'') — the Buddha of Boundless Light, belonging to the [[lotus family]] (one of the [[five buddha families]]). He's called ‘Amitābha’ (Immeasurable Light) because his light shines unimpeded throughout all buddha realms<ref>https://read.84000.co/translation/toh115.html#UT22084-051-003-21</ref>. The ''[[Amitabhavyuha Sutra]]'' tells us that many aeons ago, as the monk Dharmakara, he generated [[bodhichitta]] in the presence of the Buddha Lokeshvara. At that time, he made fifty-one vows to lead all beings to his pure realm of [[Sukhavati]].


On a deeper level, as [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] says, Amitabha "represents our pure nature and symbolizes the transmutation of desire, the predominant emotion of the human realm. More intrinsically, Amitabha is the limitless, luminous nature of our mind."
On a deeper level, as [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] says, Amitabha "represents our pure nature and symbolizes the transmutation of desire, the predominant emotion of the human realm. More intrinsically, Amitabha is the limitless, luminous nature of our mind."
==Empowerments Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
===Longchen Nyingtik===
When we practise [[phowa]] based on the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] tradition, there is a specific Amitabha empowerment associated with the text entitled: ''The Swift Path of Amitabha: A Ritual for Travelling to the Realm of Great Bliss'' (Tib. ཆོ་ག་ - བདེ་བ་ཅན་དུ་བགྲོད་པའི་ཆོ་ག་དཔག་མེད་མྱུར་ལམ་, ''Pakmé Nyur Lam'', Wyl. ''cho ga - bde ba can du bgrod pa'i cho ga dpag med myur lam'').<ref>Oral teaching of [[Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche]], Lerab Ling 20 March 2023.</ref>
*[[Yangthang Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 7th August 2012
==Notes==
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==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Sydney, 22 February 2011.
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Sydney, 22 February 2011
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], Sukhavati, Bad Saarow, Germany, 28 July 2018


==Internal Links==
==Internal Links==
*[[Brief Amitabha Mönlam]]
*[[Brief Amitabha Mönlam]]
*[[Sukhavati]]
*[[phowa]]


==External Links==
==External Links==
*{{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh115.html|The Display of the Pure Land of Sukhāvatī}}
*{{LH|/topics/amitabha-sukhavati|Amitābha and Sukhāvatī Series on Lotsawa House}}
*{{LH|/topics/amitabha-sukhavati|Amitābha and Sukhāvatī Series on Lotsawa House}}
*[http://www.khenposodargye.org/2015/01/the-method-for-the-practice-of-amitabha-3/  Khenpo Sodargye's teachings on the practice of Amitabha]
*[http://www.khenposodargye.org/2015/01/the-teaching-on-pure-land/  Khenpo Sodargye's teachings on the Pure Land of Amitabha]


[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]]
[[Category:Buddhas and Deities]]
[[Category:Buddhas of the Five Families]]

Latest revision as of 14:13, 26 February 2024

Amitabha from a thangka in the personal collection of Sogyal Rinpoche

Amitabha (Skt. Amitābha; Tib. འོད་དཔག་མེད་, Öpamé or སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས་, Nangwa Tayé; སྣང་བ་མཐའ་ཡས་, Wyl. snang ba mtha' yas) — the Buddha of Boundless Light, belonging to the lotus family (one of the five buddha families). He's called ‘Amitābha’ (Immeasurable Light) because his light shines unimpeded throughout all buddha realms[1]. The Amitabhavyuha Sutra tells us that many aeons ago, as the monk Dharmakara, he generated bodhichitta in the presence of the Buddha Lokeshvara. At that time, he made fifty-one vows to lead all beings to his pure realm of Sukhavati.

On a deeper level, as Sogyal Rinpoche says, Amitabha "represents our pure nature and symbolizes the transmutation of desire, the predominant emotion of the human realm. More intrinsically, Amitabha is the limitless, luminous nature of our mind."

Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Longchen Nyingtik

When we practise phowa based on the Longchen Nyingtik tradition, there is a specific Amitabha empowerment associated with the text entitled: The Swift Path of Amitabha: A Ritual for Travelling to the Realm of Great Bliss (Tib. ཆོ་ག་ - བདེ་བ་ཅན་དུ་བགྲོད་པའི་ཆོ་ག་དཔག་མེད་མྱུར་ལམ་, Pakmé Nyur Lam, Wyl. cho ga - bde ba can du bgrod pa'i cho ga dpag med myur lam).[2]

Notes

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Internal Links

External Links