amitabha

so i had this dream where i was outside of a building and a classroom of small children were entering. I held the door for them and the teacher slammed it into my hands. this didn't bother me in the least. my focus was on the children getting inside. I felt good emotion. they went in and sat in front of the class. Osiris rex was to land. on each side of the class room, i could see through windows where there were landing pads for the shape ship. i walked to a landing type pad in the middle of the room and took the empty chair there and brought it to a long desk. two others sat on each side of me. we were given three papers. i only got one. the person to my right gave me two more. i drew a picture of a human with a circle around its head, i thought to be the sun. the man to my right looked at me and i said i am an artist. he said to me, you looked beautiful from the left view side face, but front face is not so beautiful. this didn't bother me. i remained happy. he said i think i am amitabha. then i saw the word in front of me in a gold circle that kept flashing every 30 seconds or so. then he asked me if he should go the ___lands or if he should get his chair first. i said if you need your chair first, get it, then go to the ___lands. if you don't need your chair first then go to the ___lands. he got up and went to the door to leave. i said that was quick and then he asked for his chair. i was sitting in it. haha. i gave it to him and he left. that was the end of the dream.



now i never heard of the word amitabha before, so i researched it and i found an image of human with a circle around its head like i drew.



i learned some interesting stuff about amitabha.



What do you know about amitabha?

[Gem]

Originally Posted by Gracey

so i had this dream where i was outside of a building and a classroom of small children were entering. I held the door for them and the teacher slammed it into my hands. this didn't bother me in the least. my focus was on the children getting inside. I felt good emotion. they went in and sat in front of the class. Osiris rex was to land. on each side of the class room, i could see through windows where there were landing pads for the shape ship. i walked to a landing type pad in the middle of the room and took the empty chair there and brought it to a long desk. two others sat on each side of me. we were given three papers. i only got one. the person to my right gave me two more. i drew a picture of a human with a circle around its head, i thought to be the sun. the man to my right looked at me and i said i am an artist. he said to me, you looked beautiful from the left view side face, but front face is not so beautiful. this didn't bother me. i remained happy. he said i think i am amitabha. then i saw the word in front of me in a gold circle that kept flashing every 30 seconds or so. then he asked me if he should go the ___lands or if he should get his chair first. i said if you need your chair first, get it, then go to the ___lands. if you don't need your chair first then go to the ___lands. he got up and went to the door to leave. i said that was quick and then he asked for his chair. i was sitting in it. haha. i gave it to him and he left. that was the end of the dream.



now i never heard of the word amitabha before, so i researched it and i found an image of human with a circle around its head like i drew.



i learned some interesting stuff about amitabha.



What do you know about amitabha?

I got the impression that ___lands was Purelands, but I have no idea what that's about. There is a Purelands Buddhist on SF I talked to before, but I forget who it is... Very interesting dream, Gracey. Imma search images now.

Yea, the ____ part of lands I couldn't hear that well in the dream. During my research I came across the pure lands and I figure Pure is the word that I couldn't hear all that well.






this image is how I was drawing it in the dream, with that circle of what i thought to be the sun around the head.



Apparently amitabha is an enlightened being (man) with no less power than a creator god. one with the universe. he was a practicing buddhist by the name of Monk Fa Zhang. he gained spiritual achievement and was able to travel to all of the pure lands created by Buddhas eons ago. after visiting them, he made 48 vows to create a pure land with infinite light and infinite life span and unending happiness. all who have faith can be born into this pure land he created and reside there until they reach enlightenment. his symbol is the begging bowl. the round gold circle i saw in the dream is the top of that bowl. Amitabha is not a god that seeks admiration or care for worship. he does not think, act or do deeds. he is the norm of all existence, the good law, the order and intrinsic harmony that shows itself in cause and effect. he is above all the gods and everything that has been fashioned by him according to the eternal ordinances of his constitution. A peacock is his throne. setting sun, rules over fire. Just some information I found in my research.

[sky]

Originally Posted by Gracey

Yea, the ____ part of lands I couldn't hear that well in the dream. During my research I came across the pure lands and I figure Pure is the word that I couldn't hear all that well.






this image is how I was drawing it in the dream, with that circle of what i thought to be the sun around the head.



Apparently amitabha is an enlightened being (man) with no less power than a creator god. one with the universe. he was a practicing buddhist by the name of Monk Fa Zhang. he gained spiritual achievement and was able to travel to all of the pure lands created by Buddhas eons ago. after visiting them, he made 48 vows to create a pure land with infinite light and infinite life span and unending happiness. all who have faith can be born into this pure land he created and reside there until they reach enlightenment. his symbol is the begging bowl. the round gold circle i saw in the dream is the top of that bowl. Amitabha is not a god that seeks admiration or care for worship. he does not think, act or do deeds. he is the norm of all existence, the good law, the order and intrinsic harmony that shows itself in cause and effect. he is above all the gods and everything that has been fashioned by him according to the eternal ordinances of his constitution. A peacock is his throne. setting sun, rules over fire. Just some information I found in my research.

https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning...ithaba-txt.htm

[jonesboy]

Originally Posted by Gracey

Yea, the ____ part of lands I couldn't hear that well in the dream. During my research I came across the pure lands and I figure Pure is the word that I couldn't hear all that well.



[IMG]Apparently amitabha is an enlightened being (man) with no less power than a creator god. .

Yes, that is what a Buddha is.

You could say this universe is a Buddha Pure land.

Originally Posted by sky123

https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning...ithaba-txt.htm

Thanks for that link, I didn't come across that in my research before.

Originally Posted by jonesboy

Yes, that is what a Buddha is.

You could say this universe is a Buddha Pure land.

hmmm......pondering. i suppose it is unrealized for a time by most.

Gracey - when I read your first post, the ______ read to me as Pureland.

Master Sheng Yen is a well known Pureland Buddhist teacher.

Amitofu.

JL

Originally Posted by Gracey

hmmm......pondering. i suppose it is unrealized for a time by most.

When someone becomes a fully realized Buddha, peace and blossoming is in the heart.

Pure Land does not teach that this universe today is the Pure Land, but that in cultivation of the heart/mind (stillness, compassion, service) that all things are thus possible.

Here is a song for you:

Hakuin's Song of Zazen

Produced by the Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun

From the beginning all beings are Buddha.
Like water and ice, without water no ice, outside us no Buddhas.
How near the truth, yet how far we seek.
Like one in water crying, "I thirst!"
Like the son of a rich man wand'ring poor on this earth we endlessly circle the six worlds.
The cause of our sorrow is ego delusion.
From dark path to dark path we've wandered in darkness,
how can we be freed from the wheel of samsara?
The gateway to freedom is zazen Samadhi.
Beyond exaltation, beyond all our praises the pure Mahayana.
Observing the Precepts, Repentance and Giving,
the countless good deeds and the Way of Right Living, all come from zazen.
Thus one true Samadhi extinguishes evils. It purifies karma, dissolving obstructions.
Then where are the dark paths to lead us astray?
The Pure Lotus Land is not far away.
Hearing this truth, heart humble and grateful.
To praise and embrace it, to practice its Wisdom,
brings unending blessings. bring mountains of merit.
And if we turn inward and prove our True Nature, that
True Self is no-self, our own self is no-self, we go beyond ego and past clever words.
Then the gate to the oneness of cause-and-effect is thrown open.
Not two and not three, straight ahead runs the Way.
Our form now being no-form, in going and returning we never leave home.
Our thought now being no-thought, our dancing and songs are the Voice of the Dharma.
How vast is the heaven of boundless Samadhi!
How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom!
What is there outside us? What is there we lack?
Nirvana is openly shown to our eyes.
This earth where we stand is the pure lotus land!
And this very body, the body of Buddha.

Thanks for sharing,

JL

[jonesboy]

Here is an interesting article.

https://purelanders.com/2017/09/23/i...has-pure-land/