Toh 678Calling Amitābha to Mind
Pāli / Sanskrit:[no Sanskrit title]
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The Sūtra on Calling Amitābha Buddha to Mind
Background
The sūtra “Calling Amitābha Buddha to Mind” (Calling Amitābha to Mind) is one of the important scriptures of the Northern Buddhist canon, recorded in the Kangyur, the collection of Buddhist scriptures translated into Tibetan. This sūtra reflects the Mahāyāna tradition, especially the Pure Land school that developed strongly in Tibet, China, and East Asia.
Amitābha Buddha, also known as the Buddha of Infinite Light (Amitāyus), is a Buddha regarded as a symbol of limitless compassion and boundless liberating power. According to the Pure Land sūtras, Amitābha vowed to establish a buddha realm called Sukhāvatī, where practitioners may be reborn and cultivate more easily in order to attain buddhahood.
This sūtra is not a lengthy scripture, but a focused practice text that instructs practitioners in how to recollect and invite the presence of Amitābha Buddha into their own minds.
Main Content
The sūtra “Calling Amitābha Buddha to Mind” instructs practitioners in the method of single-pointed recollection of the Buddha (Buddhānusmṛti). This is a form of meditation in which the practitioner concentrates the whole mind on the name of Amitābha Buddha, repeating it without interruption, with one-pointed resolve.
The basic method consists of invoking the name “Namo Amitābha Buddha” or “Amitābha Buddha” with an unmoving, undistracted mind. Through this act, the practitioner not only recollects Amitābha’s generosity, compassion, and merit, but also creates a deep spiritual connection with the Buddha.
The sūtra also emphasizes that, if one practices with sincere faith, those of deep or exalted capacities alike can be liberated. However difficult the practitioner’s circumstances may be, however many distracting thoughts still linger in the mind, Amitābha Buddha does not abandon them, but is ready to help those who recollect him be reborn in Sukhāvatī, a magnificent buddha realm where there is no suffering, only peace and favorable conditions for practice.
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