Amitabha Buddha Painting
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Amitabha Buddha Painting high res image
Amitaba or Amitabha is one of the five Meditation Buddhas in Nepal they are commonly worshiped as Dhyani Buddha or Pancha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha is the main Buddha from the family of Lotus in the direction west of red, which purifies the karma of desire. The animal is the peacock and its element is fire, their household is the perception. It represents the wisdom of discriminative Buddhas. His syllable is sacred in Tibetan Hri. His consort is Mamaki, which represents the ownership of which is solid.
Amitaba has a special commitment to the lighting of all beings and is known as the Buddha of the transfer of consciousness at the time of death, the passage through the bardo of death, and that the purpose of worship reach the infinite lighting or the Pure Land of Buddha, where the enlightenment is achieved.
In Tibet is known as Od Pagme and Japan by Amitabha Niorai and the mantra of the Amitabha Buddha in Japan known as nenbutsu as contraction of Namo Amitabha Butsu. It is believed that the repetition of nenbutsu leads to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitaba. The devotion to the rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitaba originated in Japan Pure Land Buddhism.
In Vajrayana Buddhism virtually all the gods represented in red belong to the family and Lotus in general, in his iconography it have a small image of Buddha Amitabha on their heads, indicating they are an emanation regarding Amitabha.