Amitabha is what mean

amitabha

Sanskrit Amita, righteousness, boundless light, born, and the righteous dew (king of tantra is called the dew).He was the ease this method of Tibetan monks, vowed to accomplish a perfect buddhist, and I will make the good skillful all living creature, that approach to degrees of buddhahood, later creation of the western heaven.Method of Tibetan monks became amida Buddha.For western elysium hierarch.

As early as the eastern han dynasty the records of amitabha's classic story, there are translation.Southern dynasties stressed to the thought of heaven, is built on amitabha Buddha belief.And gradually formed the jodo later.With the spread of pure land in China, become the most popular of the Buddha amitabha.Amitabha Buddha even among Chinese buddhist four words become general greeting each other.

"Namo amida Buddha" yue: convert to amida Buddha."Namo" is Sanskrit Namas transliteration, meaning a tribute to worship, to life, the meaning of language is a buddhist heart yield and Buddha.To the pure land of suspected may second: after a morning dress has face west stand, crossing their al Jefferson, called amitabha to do in a read, so gas called ten.Also called amitayus.