Amituofo’s Connections

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Rules over

• Western Pure Land

  Amituofo presides over the Western Pure Land from his lotus throne, radiating infinite light across all realms, receiving the souls of the faithful into his paradise and teaching them the dharma until they attain final enlightenment.

Created

• Western Pure Land

  As the monk Dharmākara, Amituofo pronounced forty-eight vows before Lokeśvararāja Buddha, pledging to create a land free of all suffering — and upon achieving Buddhahood, brought forth the Western Pure Land, a paradise of jeweled trees, lotus ponds, and celestial music where all who call his name with sincerity are reborn.

Member of

• Three Saints of the West

  The Three Saints of the West stand together in the Western Pure Land — Amituofo, the Buddha of Infinite Light, flanked by Guanyin bearing compassion and Dashizhi bearing wisdom, the triad who greet the faithful at the moment of death and escort them to paradise.

Equivalent to

• Amida(Japanese),Amitabha(Buddhist),Amitabha(Tibetan)

  Amitabha, Amituofo, Amida, and the Tibetan Amitabha are the Indian Buddhist, Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan forms of the Buddha of Infinite Light, transmitted through the spread of Mahayana Buddhism across Asia.

Associated with

• Rulai Fozu

  Rulai Fozu spoke to Śāriputra of a Buddha dwelling in the west, ten trillion lands away, whose light and life are without measure — Amituofo, the Buddha of Infinite Light — and urged all beings to aspire to rebirth in his Western Pure Land.