#amitayus

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Apartmita (Amitayus) is seated on a double lotus pedestal with his hands in meditative gesture (dhyana mudra) holding his identifying attribute, the ambrosia vase. The vase is richly decorated and from the cover fall four strings of beads which represent sacred pills. Here the hand gesture, representing meditative equipoise, represents the unitiy of wisdom and compassion. As the Buddha of Infinite Life, he is invoked during rituals associated with the prolonging of life. Aparmita wears a crown and regal jewelry consisting of elaborate necklaces, large earrings inset with coral and turquoise stones, and a flowing scarf over his shoulders. His face expresses a state of meditation, with narrowed eyes and an inward gaze. A classic Buddhist representation.

Amitayus Mandala

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

Amitayus with ninety-six replicas of himself.

Tibet

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