'od dpag med

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'od dpag med

A buddha of the west; buddha of the Sukhāvatī buddhafield.

Buddha associated with Sukhāvatī; buddha of the western direction; principal buddha of the Pure Land tradition; as the bodhisattva Dharmākara, he made fourty-eight original vows (praṇidhāna) to bring beings to enlightenment, thus establishing Sukhāvatī for their benefit; in tantrism he is one of the five dhyāni-buddhas and is associated with the aggregate of notions (saṃjñāskandha).

Buddha of the Sukhāvatī buddha field.

One of the five buddhas.

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