tot might be Insightful for ppl:
There is a passage from the
Avatamsaka Sutra (Book5,9.Gatha)
Some lands have a Buddha
And some land do not.
Some have just one Buddha
And some have countless Buddhas.
If a land has no Buddha,
Then a Buddha from another world
Will mistically appear there
To manifest the works of Buddhas-
Our world, the Southern Jambudvipa was without a Buddha,so
Shakyamuni mistically appeared here, to teach us the activity of
Amida Buddha. He Did not intended to teach a supramundane
doctrine,only wanted to reveal the 48 vows of Amitabha, especially
of his 18.th vow. In this vow Amida promised us, that whoever think
of Him, or utter His Name, with faith that person in the end of the
life will enter in His Paradise, moreover He will appear at his
deathbed,and personally escort him to the Pure Land.
Amitabha is the primordial Buddha,and His Land is out of the
Samsara.
Shakyamuni many times called the Nirvana as Amita. This Land is an
environmental appearence of Nirvana. As Vasubandhu wrote in the
Jodoron:
"The adornaments of the Land of Amitayus Buddha are
phenomenal
aspects of a wondreous realm wich has arisen from the utmost
reality."
Amida Buddha incarnated Himself as Dharmakara Bodhisattva in order
to
create the Pure Land. His Name has three meaning:
1."The letter "A" of the Dharma" (The A is the symbol of the
Pure
Land and Amitabha)
2."The essential mode of Dharma activity.
3."Dharma Tresury".
Amitabha, the Dharma Treasury (That is, Dharmakara) with
essential
mode of Dharma-activity, created the Pure Land.
The Dharma Tresure has four parts: Nitya (permanence)
Sukha (blessing) Atman (true self) Subha (purity)
They are called the Four Gunaparamita, and are in contrast to the
Trilakshana, wich is: Anitya (Impermanence),
Dukha(suffering),Anatman (no-self),
as well as to Asubha(impurity).
So Dharmakara Bodhisattva inkarnated from Dharmakaya Amitabha,
(Lokanatha Amitabha, or Lokesvararaja,also known in His secret Name
as HRIH) created the Pure Land and become Samboghakaya Amitabha.
His emanation (Nirmanakaya Amitabha) appeared in our world as
Shakyamuni Buddha.NAMUAMIDABUTSU --Rev.Anraku
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