[Index to the Three Pure Land Sutras]
(1) The text --- (file). | (2) Ref. to the Mandala (URL) | (3) Ref. to The Three Pure Land Sutras, 3rd edition, 2000, Nagata Bunshodo, Kyoto and to the Taisho Tripitaka (TT.) |
Larger Sutra - Part 1----- file | Larger Sutra Mandala | pp. 225-267 ---[TT, 12, 265c-272b] |
Larger Sutra - Part 2 ---- file | pp. 268-313 --- [TT. 12, 272b-279a] | |
Contemplation Sutra----- file | Taima Mandala | pp. 315-350 --- [TT. 12, 340c-346b] |
Amida Sutra (Smaller Sutra) | Amida Sutra Mandala | pp. 351-360 --- [TT. 12, 346b-348b] |
Revised: June 24,
2000
AMIDA
SUTRA
THE
SUTRA ON AMIDA BUDDHA
delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha
Translated into Chinese during the Yao-Ch'in dynasty
by the Tripitaka Master Kumarajiva from Kuccha
translated from Chinese by Hisao Inagaki
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The text follows the Taisho Tripitaka edition, vol. 12, and the passage numbers follow Jodoshinshu Seiten, 1988, pp. 121-128. |
Preface |
The land and the Buddha are introduced |
Why the land is called 'Utmost Bliss' |
Why the Buddha is called 'Amida' |
Why one should aspire to be born there |
Praise of Amida's virtue by Buddhas of the six quarters |
Why this sutra is called 'Praise of the Inconceivable Virtue ...' |
Praise of Shakyamuni's virtue by all the Buddhas |
Epilogue |
[Note 1] The Taisho Tripitaka edition reads: all good men and women who hear this sutra and hold fast to it and also those who hear the names of those Buddhas.
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