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Amitabha Buddha
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According to Mahayana
Buddhist sutras he was a king in the remote period of time.
Renouncing his kingdom, he became a monk and was named Dharmakara,
which means 'Treasury of Dharma'. Inspired by the teachings of the
then Buddha of that time, Lokesvaraja Buddha, who taught him the way
to supreme enlightenment many aeons ago, he made forty eight great
vows for the saving of the sentient beings. The Eighteenth Vow,
which is the basis of the Pure Land, ran like this: 'If upon the
attainment of Buddhahood all sentient beings in the ten quarters who
aspire in sincerity and faith to be reborn in my land, recite my
name up to ten times and fail to be born there, then may I not
attain the Perfect Enlightenment…'
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Since then, the Bodhisattva Dharmakara,
after five aeons of self-cultivation, finally attained the Supreme
Enlightenment and became the Buddha Amitabha. This means that his grand and
infinitely compassionate vow is now a reality, the paradise known as Pure
Land or Sukhavati has been established, suffering beings must and will be
delivered if only they will have the full faith to call upon his name.
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Calling the Buddha's
name with full faith is known to the Chinese as 'NIEN-FWO' meaning
'Prayer-recitation'. The Japanese term for this practice is known as
'Nembutsu'. In this practice three important qualities must be
present in the mind: Sincerity, Faith and Aspiration to be reborn in
the Pure Land. The simple prayer or formula that one needs to repeat
is:
"NAMO O-MI-TO FWO"
One may repeat it in Sanskrit 'Namo
Amitabha Buddha' which literally mans 'Homage to the Amitabha Buddha
' or 'I seek refuge in the Amitabha Buddha'.
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Lotus
Sculpture Donates Books for Poor Indian Schools
After visiting several poor schools
in the area and speaking with the principals of the schools we
decided the best way to allocate the remaining money left in our
account from donations made last year was to buy books and start on
a small "library" for 4 schools that had no access to any school
books....
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About Bronze Casting and the Lost Wax method
The "Lost Wax Method"
is the only technique used by the artisans of Lotus Sculpture to
create our Bronze statues. All of the artwork is one of a kind and
is never reproduced on a large scale. Bronze casting in south India
and Bangladesh is a skill passed on from generation to generation.
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