Amitābha

The Kushan Empire the second century BCE to the second century CE influenced the Silk Roads in China firstly through the spread of Buddhism. As seen in The Questions of King Milinda, Menander prior to the Kushan Empire played a role in converting Buddha from a sage to a god and in his conversation with Nāgasena justified the giving of jewels and tribute to Buddha. As a result, Buddhists fueled trade for the import of valuables, and the donated riches to Buddhist monasteries became sapta ratana, “The

quotation by Chan master Sheng Yen that talks about the importance of deepening your self-nature and maturing to attain enlightenment. I will compare this information to sudden enlightenment in the Pure Land Buddhism which entails chanting the name of Amitabha. I will acknowledge the debate in the tradition surrounding the number of times one has to do recite the name of Amitahba in order to be reborn in the Pure Land and will point to

the practice of sitting in stillness, focusing on single-mindedness and investigating Zen. Whereas, Pure Land Buddhism is the focus of reciting Amitabha. However, recitation of Buddha 's name can cause one to enter Samadhi. It employs the single-minded focus that aims for in Zen meditation. Pure Land 's main goal was from the recitation of Amitabha Buddha for

of Buddhism in Asia, most widely practiced today in Tibet. In Vajrayana Buddhism, the concept of Five Dhyani Buddhas (Skt. for "concentration"), also known as the Five Wisdom Buddhas, are representations of the five wisdom aspects of Buddha. With Amitabha presented in the West, Vairocana sits at the centre turning the Wheel of Dharma (teaching). (Vairocana, 2016) Over the time,

is a broad branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism and one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia. Pure Land is a tradition of Buddhist teachings that are focused on Amitābha Buddha. The three primary texts of the tradition, known as the "Three Pure Land Sutras", are the Infinite Life Sutra, the Amitabha Sutra and the Amitayurdhyana Sutra. Pure Land oriented practices and concepts are found within basic Mahāyāna Buddhist cosmology,

For instance, both traditions make use of beads during the performance of prayer. Pure Land Buddhism uses a string of beads that are fingered while invoking the name of the celestial Amitabha, or Amida Buddha. A ritual that is very close to the Roman Catholic practice of counting prayers and praying with a rosary. Pure Land Buddhism thus displays a strong resemblance to devotional Christianity, with a God-figure (Omitofo), a mediator

As Madhu Bazaz Wangu indicates, Buddhism is a path to spiritual discovery (8). Being Buddhism, a non-theistic religion, their disciples follow the monotheistic doctrine demonstrating they believe in only one deity. Siddhartha Gautama, mostly known as Buddha––the enlightened––, is the one deity Buddhists believe in. As Wangu writes, Siddhartha practiced severe self-denial and meditation before he could reach Nirvana (state of mind that ends the path of suffering) (8). Siddhartha came to the conclusion

Artistic Gateway to the Silk Road As history has progressed and ideas have travelled the globe, there have been many locations that may be considered cultural hubs. These places are often at the meeting place of cultures, wherein religious ideas and artistic styles are traded as often as food and money. One such religion that spread through these cultural hubs was Buddhism, which found its beginning India, and it traversed the world as followers of this belief system grew and expanded their worldly

the government's religious policy. Jingxiu Nunnery was not big. Above the front door，the "Jingxiu Nunnery " three Chinese characters were inlaid with blue tiles. Beyond the front door were white walls on both sides, on which the clause of "Namo Amitabha" were painted. Two large wood door planks were decorated red with iron hoops and nail decoration. The first tier was Basilica with a number of large golden shine Buddha statues. Tathagata was centered solemnly. Under the Buddha, a long altar

The religion Buddhism came from Buddha’ meaning to awaken. 300 million people around the world are practitioners of Buddhism. In the United States, about one million people serve one form of Buddhism. From Indian, China, Japan, Russia to the United States have practitioners of Buddhism. Siddhartha Gotama known as Buddha was the creator of Buddhism some 2,500 year ago in India. Buddha taught his followers a philosophy teaching a way of life not just a religion. Buddha also taught followers: have