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Western Paradise of Buddha Amitâbha
Not on view
Buddha Amitabha in his Western Paradise is depicted here as Buddha Amitayus of Infinite Life. Crowned and surrounded by bodhisattvas, monks, and disciples, he holds a vase of longevity in his hands. The title, written horizontally above the image, reads, “Picture of the adornments of [the two kinds of] circumstantial and direct [retributions] in the world of ultimate bliss in the West.”
Below the garden-palace complex in the background, the souls of devotees emerge from lotus flowers to be reborn in Paradise, also known as the Pure Land.
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