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The Contemplation Sutra of Amitayus (Chinese pinyin: fó shuō guān wú liàng shòu fó jīng, Traditional Chinese: 佛說觀無量壽佛經, Simplified Chinese: 佛说观无量寿佛经, Japanese: 観無量寿経, Kanmuryōju-kyō) , is one of the three major Buddhist sutras found within the Pure Land branch of Mahayana Buddhism. It begins with a story where a prince named Ajatasatru was enticed by the villain Devadatta to murder his father in order to ascend the throne. Ajatasatru killed his father, and nearly killed his mother, Queen Vaidehi, but after advice from his other ministers relented and threw his mother in prison.

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  • The Contemplation Sutra of Amitayus (Chinese pinyin: fó shuō guān wú liàng shòu fó jīng, Traditional Chinese: 佛說觀無量壽佛經, Simplified Chinese: 佛说观无量寿佛经, Japanese: 観無量寿経, Kanmuryōju-kyō) , is one of the three major Buddhist sutras found within the Pure Land branch of Mahayana Buddhism. It begins with a story where a prince named Ajatasatru was enticed by the villain Devadatta to murder his father in order to ascend the throne. Ajatasatru killed his father, and nearly killed his mother, Queen Vaidehi, but after advice from his other ministers relented and threw his mother in prison.
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  • The Contemplation Sutra of Amitayus (Chinese pinyin: fó shuō guān wú liàng shòu fó jīng, Traditional Chinese: 佛說觀無量壽佛經, Simplified Chinese: 佛说观无量寿佛经, Japanese: 観無量寿経, Kanmuryōju-kyō) , is one of the three major Buddhist sutras found within the Pure Land branch of Mahayana Buddhism. It begins with a story where a prince named Ajatasatru was enticed by the villain Devadatta to murder his father in order to ascend the throne. Ajatasatru killed his father, and nearly killed his mother, Queen Vaidehi, but after advice from his other ministers relented and threw his mother in prison. Lamenting her fate, Queen Vaidehi prayed to the Buddha for help, and had a vision of him. In this vision, the Buddha told her that even though she was in prison, she could still obtain salvation through devotion to another Buddha named Amitabha. The Buddha goes on to describe Amitabha and how one could obtain rebirth in his "Pure Land" (浄土, Chinese: jìng tǔ, Japanese: Jōdo), Western Paradise (Sukhavati in Sanskrit).
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