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The Infinite Life Sutra, or Larger Pure Land Sutra, is a Mahayana Buddhist text associated with Pure Land Buddhism. It is considered one of the three major texts or sūtras (三部经 sān bù jīng) of the Pure Land School of Buddhism (净土宗 jìngtǔ zōng). Also referred to as the Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra (sanskrit) and most commonly in Chinese as 无量寿经 (wúliáng shòu jīng). Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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Traditionally it is believed to have been translated twelve time from the original Sanskrit into Chinese. Of those, only five translations are extant in the Chinese Buddhist Canon (大藏经 dàzàng jīng). There are also many historical commentaries on the text written in China, Japan and Korea.
The most well-known version is the 佛说无量寿经 (fó shuō wúliáng shòu jīng), meaning "The Buddha speaks of Infinite Life Sutra". This translation is traditionally attributed to Saņghavarman (康僧铠 kāng sēngkǎi), an Indian monk, in 252 CE at the White Horse Temple (白马寺 báimǎ sì) in Luoyang (洛阳 luóyàng) under the Kingdom of Wei (曹魏 cáo wèi) of the Three Kingdoms Period (三国 sānguó) in Chinese history. The common opinion now is that is was more likely a work of the Indian monk and translator Buddhabhadra (佛陀跋陀罗 fótuóbátuóluó). White Horse Temple (Simplified Chinese: 白马寺; Traditional Chinese: 白馬寺; pinyin: ; also White Horse Ministry) was the first Buddhist temple in China, established under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han capital Luoyang in the year 68. ...
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The earliest of the five translations is attributed to Zhī-qiān (支谦). He came from the Kushan kingdom (月氏國 yuèzhī guó) to Luoyang during the decline of the Han Dynasty (汉朝 hàn cháo) and translated between 223 and 253 CE. This translation is known most commonly as 大阿弥陀佛经 (dà āmítuófó jīng), meaning "Larger Sutra of the Amitābha Buddha ". It has also been attributed to the earlier Han period translator Lokaksema (支谶 zhī chèn), also from the Kushan kingdom. He arrived in Luoyang 164 CE and translated works through 186 CE. Boundary of the Kushan empire, c. ...
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Lokaksema (Ch: 支谶, Zhi Chan). ...
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The sūtra also contains the Forty-eight vows (四十八愿 sìshíbā yuàn) made by the Amitābha Buddha which must be fulfilled before he would enter the Pure Land.
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