Sukhavati’s Connections

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Serves

• Amitabha

  Amitabha presides over Sukhavati as its sovereign buddha, teaching the dharma and welcoming all beings reborn into the Western Pure Land.

Created by

• Amitabha

  Amitabha created Sukhavati through the fulfillment of his forty-eight vows made as the monk Dharmakara over immeasurable kalpas of meritorious practice.

Equivalent to

• Jodo(Japanese),Western Pure Land(Chinese)

  Sukhavati, the Chinese Western Pure Land, and the Japanese Jōdo are the same paradise of Amitabha transmitted from Indian Mahayana Buddhism through China and into Japan, where devotees seek rebirth through faith and recitation of the buddha's name.

Associated with

• Avalokiteshvara

  Avalokiteshvara dwells in Sukhavati as Amitabha's left-hand attendant, greeting the faithful reborn in the Western Pure Land and guiding them toward final awakening.

• Mahasthamaprapta

  Mahasthamaprapta dwells in Sukhavati as Amitabha's right-hand attendant, wielding the light of wisdom to illuminate all beings and draw them toward rebirth in the Western Pure Land.