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Namo Amituofo - Children Chanting (南无阿弥陀佛)

Chanting "Amitabha" out loud would calm and purify our minds. Amitābha (sanskrit : अमिताभ), littéralement Lumière Infinie ou lumière infiniment étendue dans toutes les directions spatiales avec un temps infini est un bouddha du bouddhisme mahayana et vajrayana. Amitābha règne sur la « Terre pure Occidentale de la Béatitude » (sk.: Sukhāvatī, ch.: Xīfāng jílè shìjiè, ja.: goraku sekai 西方極樂世界), monde merveilleux, pur, parfait, dépourvu du mal, de souffrance et d'ennuis, que le bouddha historique Shakyamuni recommande aux êtres humains de notre monde Jambudvipa et dont tous les autres bouddhas font l'éloge. Cette terre pure, lieu de refuge en dehors du cycle des transmigrations - ou l'équivalent du nirvāņa selon certaines conceptions - est au centre des croyances et pratiques du courant Terre pure. Ce bouddha, qu'on appelle aussi le bouddha des bouddhas, est très populaire chez les mahāyānistes, en particulier dans le monde chinois, en Corée, au Japon, au Tibet et au Viêtnam. Il est souvent appelé Bouddha Amita (en sinogrammes traditionnels 阿彌陀佛, en sinogrammes simplifiés 阿弥陀佛 (mandarin : Ēmítuó fó), japonais : 阿弥陀如来 (Amida Nyorai), coréen : 아미타불 (Amit'abul), vietnamien : A-di-đà Phật), mais aussi « Bouddha Lumière-Infinie » (無量光佛 /Amitābha), ou « Bouddha Vie-Infinie » (無量壽佛 /Amitāyus). Le vajrayana en fait l'une des composantes de la nature du bouddha, soit en complément du seul bouddha Akshobhya, soit associé à quatre autres bouddhas de sagesse ou bouddhas de cinq directions (ch. Wǔfāngfó 五方佛) : Vairocana au centre , Akşobhya à l'est, Ratnasambhava au sud et Amoghasiddhi au nord. Dans la statuaire, Amitābha est représenté comme le Bouddha Shakyamuni, mais avec les gestes (mudrā) de la méditation ou de la transmission de la loi. Amitabha Sutra is the popular colloquial name for the Shorter Sukhavativyuha Sutra or the Buddha's Discourse of the Amitabha Sutra, is a Mahayana Buddhist text. It is one of the primary sutras recited and upheld in the Pure Land Buddhist schools. It was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by the Tripitaka Master Kumarajiva in 402, but may have existed in India as early as year 100, and composed in Prakrit language. The bulk of the text, considerably shorter than other Pure Land sutras, consists of a discourse which the Buddha gave at Jeta Grove in Sravasti to his disciple Shariputra. The talk concerned the wondrous adornments that await the righteous in the Western Pure Land, as well as the beings that reside there, including the buddha Amitabha. The text also describes what one must do to be reborn there. In Pure Land and Chan Buddhism, the sutra is often recited as part of the evening service, and is also recited as practice for practitioners. It is also frequently recited at Buddhist funeral services, in the hope that the merit generated by reciting the sutra may be transmitted to the departed. Amitabha is the principal buddha in the Pure Land sect, a branch of Buddhism practiced mainly in East Asia. According to these scriptures, Amitābha possesses infinite merits resulting from good deeds over countless past lives as a bodhisattva named Dharmakaya. "Amitabha" is translatable as "Infinite Light," hence Amitabha is often called "The Buddha of Infinite Light." You Can Download The MP3. (25MB) FOR FREE here : http://www.zshare.net/download/67309136351d7647/ Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free: http://www.freerice.com

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