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TEACHING AND INITIATION OF AYUTTARA (AMITAYUS) and the nine aspects
November 1, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – November 3, 2024 @ 4:30 pm
Teachings by: KHENPO TASHI SANGPO
Date: Fri. – Sun. 01.11 – 03.11
Time: (Fri.): 19:30-21:30; Sat. and Sun. 10:00-12:00 and from 14:30-16:30.
Location: Sakya Thegchen Ling, The Hague, Holland
Language: ENG
Available translation: Dutch
Kosten : €15 per half-day session (minima €7).
Amitayus – the Buddha of Infinite Life – and Amitabha – the Buddha of Infinite Light – are essentially identical because they are each other’s mirror image. Sutras in which Gautama Buddha expounds the glories of Sukhavati, the Pure Lands, sometimes refer to the presiding Buddha as Amitabha and sometimes as Amitayus. As Amitayus, he is depicted in fine clothes and jewellery and as Amitabha in simple monk’s clothes. In Chinese and Japanese tradition, they are also known as Amida.
The name Amitayus is the name for the Sambhogakaya aspect of Amitabha and is particularly associated with long life. He is usually depicted seated with a vase containing the nectar of immortality in his hands. In Tibetan Buddhism, Amitayus is also one of the three deities of long life (Amitayus, White Tara and Ushnishavijaya). Amitayus is a compound of amita (‘infinite’) and ayus (‘life’), and thus means ‘he whose life is boundless’.
In the first four weeks after the teaching, there will be joint practice from the centre once a week.
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