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They (great bodhisattvas) cultivate practice for an unutterably long time, but are ineffably enlightened in a single instant…

Avatamsaka Sutra - Flower Ornament Scripture 901

Note on the image: Amitayus is the sambhogakaya form of Amitaba. He is visualized in princely attire. His practice is for “long life.” Amitayus translates as “Infinite Life.”

The Tibetan Amitāyus mantra reads:

oṃ ā ma ra ṇi dzi wan te ye svā hā

Tibetan script: ཨོཾ༌ཨཱ༌མ༌ར༌ནི༌ཛི༌ཝན༌ཏེ༌ཡེ༌སྭཱ༌ཧཱ།

This would correspond to the Sanskrit:

oṃ amaraṇi jīvantaye svāhā

The body is not the Buddha,

Nor is Buddha a body:

Only reality is the body,

Permeating all things.

If one can see the Buddha-body

Pure as the nature of reality,

Such a one has no doubt

Or confusion about the Buddha.

If one sees all things

As in essence like nirvana,

This is seeing the Enlightened

Ultimately without abode.

Avatamsaka Sutra – 451