Abhirati

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Abhirati (lit. "The Joyous") is the eastern pure land associated with Akshobhya in Mahayana Buddhism.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". It is described in the Akṣobhyatathāgatasyavyūha Sūtra (Taishō Tripiṭaka, 313), which was first translated into Chinese by Lokakṣema by 186 CE.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Although Abhirati emerged in the earliest era of Mahayana thought, Abhirati is far less widely known than Sukhāvatī, the pure land of Amitābha that has been the sole focus of Pure Land Buddhism since the Tang dynasty.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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