Abhirati
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Abhirati "The Joyous" (Chinese: 妙喜; pinyin: Mià oxÇ; Japanese pronunciation: MyÅki; Korean pronunciation: Myoheui; Wylie: mngon par dga' ba ) is the eastern pure land associated with Akshobhya in Mahayana Buddhism.[1] It is described in the Aká¹£obhyavyÅ«ha SÅ«tra (TaishÅ Tripiá¹aka, 313), which was first translated into Chinese by Lokaká¹£ema by 186 CE.[2]
Although Abhirati emerged in the earliest era of Mahayana thought, Abhirati is far less widely known than SukhÄvatÄ«, the pure land of AmitÄbha that has been the sole focus of Pure Land Buddhism since the Tang dynasty.[3]
References
Bibliography
- Nattier, Jan (2000). "The Realm of Aksobhya: A Missing Piece in the History of Pure Land Buddhism". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 23 (1): 71–102.
- Strauch, Ingo (2010). "More missing pieces of Early Pure Land Buddhism: New evidence for Aká¹£obhya and Abhirati in an early MahÄyÄna sÅ«tra from GandhÄra". Eastern Buddhist 41: 23–66.
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