The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2366 page)

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Sukh
vat
.
The Western Paradise, ruled over by the Buddha Amit
bha (
Amida
). For
Pure Land
Buddhism, it is the goal attainable by devotion to Amit
bha, from which one cannot fall back into rebirth in other domains.
Sukh
vat
vy
ha
(Skt.,
sukh
vat
, ‘place of happiness’, +
vy
ha
, ‘description’). A Buddhist
Mah
y
na
scripture. A
s
tra
of the early
Ratnak
a
collection, it is also known as
Amit
bhavy
ha
,
Amit
bhaparivarta
, or
Aparimit
yur-S
tra
, ‘S
tra of Unending Life’. The text includes a detailed description of Sukh

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