Amitabha possesses infinite merits resulting from good deeds over countless past lives as a bodhisattva named Dharmakara. “Amitabha” is translatable as “Infinite Light,” hence Amitabha is often called “The Buddha of Infinite Light.” The mantra is Om Ami Dhewa Hri
Tag Archives: Spirit
Venetian Blossoms
You are a child of the Universe, no less than the moon and the stars; You have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, No doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. ~ Max Ehrmann
Dusty Labyrinth
A man in his own secret meditation Is lost amid the labyrinth that he has made In art or politics…. - William Butler Yeats
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
“…a vast symphony in stone. Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.” ~ Victor Hugo
Beauty Revealed
“People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.” ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Mexican Charm
“I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.” - Khalil Gibran San Gervasio, Valladolid, Yucatán, México
From Darkness to Light
“For you grow to heaven, you don’t go to heaven.” ~ Edgar Cayce