Amitāyurdhyāna-Sūtra
Amitāyurdhyāna-Sūtra (‘Sūtra on Contemplation on Amitāyus’). One of the three basic sūtras of the Pure Land School (with Amitābha-Sūtra and Sukhāvatīvyūha). It describes the pure land and the moral life which prepares for it.
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