Question:
Where
is Amida Buddha?
My
answer:
Amida
Buddha is in three places at the same time:
1) in ultimate Dharmakaya beyond form,
2) in Sambhogakaya form in the Pure Land, and
3) in various, unlimited manifestations or Nirmanakayas which are spread everywhere in the ten directions.
Amida’s
Dharmakaya has no beginning and no end, because it is uncreated, and always
existing. This is the Buddha-nature which does not depend on causes and
conditions. Amida’s Sambhogakaya or transcendental (recompensed) body which He
has manifested in the Pure Land has a beginning, when Bodhisattva Dharmakara attained Enlightenment and became Amida Buddha, and will have no end, as He
promised in His 13th Vow.
The various Nirmanakayas (accommodated/transformed) bodies have a beginning when Amida in Sambhogakaya form decides to emanate them and an end if He decides to terminate them.
The various Nirmanakayas (accommodated/transformed) bodies have a beginning when Amida in Sambhogakaya form decides to emanate them and an end if He decides to terminate them.
When
we ourselves will attain Buddhahood in the Pure Land, we’ll have access to the
ultimate reality beyond forms (Dharmakaya), we’ll dwell forever in transcendent
form (Sambhogakaya) in Amida’s Pure Land, and in the same time, we’ll go in all
the places of the universe in various bodies of accommodation or transformation
(Nirmanakayas) to save all beings.
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