Dharmakara
(Dharmākara)
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Sanskrit name for the Bodhisattva who established a place where all beings can attain Enlightenment. |
| Long Description: |
Sanskrit name for the Bodhisattva who through five aeons of practice perfected his Vows to establish an ideal land where all beings can easily attain Enlightenment. On completion of his Vows he became Amida Buddha and established the western Pure Land. |
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Living in Amida’s Universal Vow: Essays in Shin Buddhism, by Alfred Bloom |
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