Amitayus
[[Image:Amitayus red.jpg|thumb|250px|Amitayus, from the private collection of Sogyal Rinpoche)]
Amitayus (Skt. Amitāyus, Tib. ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་, Tsepakmé; Wyl. tshe dpag med), 'The Buddha of Boundless Life' — a sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha, particularly associated with longevity.
He is mostly depicted sitting and holding in his hands a vessel containing the nectar of immortality. Amitayus is also one of the three deities of long life.
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Buddha Amitayus (tshe dpag med) Lit. 'Buddha of Boundless Life; the Sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha. The buddha associated with the 'empowerment of longevity' and longevity practice.
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Amitayus
阿弥陀仏・無量寿仏 (Skt; Jpn Amida-butsu or Muryoju-butsu)
The Buddha Infinite Life or the Buddha of Infinite Life. The Sanskrit name of Amida Buddha, the Buddha of the Pure Land of Perfect Bliss in the west.
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Amitāyus. (T. Tshe dpag med; C. Wuliangshou fo; J. Muryōju butsu; K. Muryangsu pul 無量壽佛). In Sanskrit, the buddha or bodhisattva of “Limitless Life” or “Infinite Lifespan.”
Although the name originally was synonymous with Amitābha, in the tantric traditions, Amitāyus has developed distinguishing characteristics and is now sometimes considered to be an independent form of Amitābha.
The Japanese Shingon school, for example, uses Muryōju in representations of the Taizōkai (garbhadhātumaṇḍala) and Amida (Amitābha) in the Kongōkai (vajradhātumaṇḍala).
Amitāyus is often central in tantric ceremonies for prolonging life and so has numerous forms and appellations in various groupings, such as one of six and one of nine.
He is shown in bodhisattva guise, with crown and jewels, sitting in Dhyānāsana with both hands in Dhyānamudrā and holding a water pot (kalaśa) full of Amṛta (here the nectar of long life); like Amitābha, he is usually red.
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The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism by Robert E. Buswell Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr.
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Articles containing word "Amitayus" in title
- A Daily Long-Life Practice of Amitāyus by Dudjom Rinpoche
- Amitabha/Amitayus Buddha
- Amitabha and Amitayus
- Amitayus.
- Amitayus - Buddha of Limitless Life
- Amitayus Buddha
- Amitayus Buddha Mantra
- Amitayus Dhyana Sutra
- Amitayus Long-life Practice Lama Caroline
- Amitayus Long Life Sutra
- Amitayus Mantra
- Amitayus Meditation Sutra
- Amitayus Praise Mantra
- Amitayus dhyana Sutra
- Amitayus in Gandhara
- Amitayus mantra
- Amitayus of Nyala Pema Duddul
- Amitayus sutropadeśa
- Amitābha and Amitāyus Mantra
- Amitāyus
- Amitāyus Dhāraṇī
- Amitāyus Meditation Sutra
- Amitāyus Series
- Amitāyus Sūtra
- Buddha Amitayus
- Buddha Amitayus/Amitabha
- Buddha Amitayus/amitabha
- Buddha Amitayus (Tib: Tsepagme)
- Buddha Amitāyus
- Buddha Pronounces the Sūtra of Visualization of Amitāyus Buddha
- Buddha amitayus/amitabha
- Caturbhuja-Amitāyus
- Circles of light’ and ‘treasure ships’ in the Visualizing Amitāyus Tableaux: with a focus on some cases in Sichuan from the Tang and Five Dynasties period
- Consort of Amitayus
- Dharmakaya Amitayus
- Long Life Amitayus Meditation.
- Prayer and Mantra of Buddha Amitayus. Jig-Ten Dren-Pey Tso ...
- Prayer to Amitayus
- Short Amitayus Practice
- Sutra On The Contemplation Of Buddha Amitayus
- Sūtra of Amitāyus Buddha
- Sūtra of Visualization of Amitāyus Buddha
- Sūtra on the Contemplation of Buddha Amitāyus
- The Nectar of Life - practice of Buddha Amitayus
- The Sutra On Contemplation Of Amitayus
- The Sutra on contemplation of Amitayus
- Transcript: Amitayus Sadhana practice
- True Buddha Dharmalaksana Canon On Amitayus Buddha Sadhana
- Upadeśa on the Sūtra of Amitāyus Buddha
- Visualization of Life-Extending Amitayus
