Author: Tao Qing Hsu
In the Buddhist Scripture--The Scripture of the Ten Titles Said by Buddha, the Buddha explained what the Buddha meant:
Why was it called Buddha? Its wisdom possesses the adequately three enlightenments and the consummate and the brightness. It was hence named Buddha.
The Buddha told Ananda. I had done the practicing of regularly-walking in the past. A Brahmin came and asked me. Why did your parents name you Buddha? The Buddha immediately answered. That what the world understands and knows can be understood and known by me. That what the world perceives can also be perceived by me. That what the world can eliminate can also be eliminated by me. I have all wisdom and all understanding. I have experienced my lives since the countless kalpas. All kinds of practice are far away from dust and dirt. Now I have achieved the supreme Bodhi. Therefore, the name of Buddha was established.
The Character Buddha is Sanskrit. Its definition and origin are as said above. The pronounce “Fo” is transliterated from Chinese and the pronounce “Fu” is the local language in Taiwan. The pronounce “Fo” and “Fu” also mean the Buddha and are more generally used in the communities of China and Taiwan. The Buddha Amitabha is usually known by the masses in China and Taiwan. The Pure Land of Amitabha is a place that everyone longs to go to.
In my opinion and as I know, the heavens in some sort of religions are included in the Pure Land of Amitabha. That is because, in the profound and wide meanings, the Pure Land of Amitabha includes all universes, and the visible and invisible materials. In the meantime, it also includes the invisible-non-materials. The Pure Land of Eternal-Silence-Light is the ultimate Pure Land of Amitabha.
In the concept of Buddhism, the earth where we live now is one of the Pure Lands of Amitabha, meanwhile, it is also a Pure Land of Amitabha where mortals and saints live together. The saints include all sorts of virtuous humans in all religions.
In the heart of Amitabha, all humankinds are transformed and generated from the heart of Amitabha. That is, all human beings are like “the children of the Amitabha”. No matter if these children are good or bad, and no matter how many lives and what sorts of lives they had experienced, and no matter what they had believed, they finally will return to and rely on Amitabha, and dwell on the Pure Land of Amitabha.
The pronounce "A Mi Tuo Fo" / “ Ēmítuófó “ / is transilitrated from Chinese and means Amitabha. The pronounce "A Mi Tuo Fo" / “ Ēmítuófó “ / is generally used in the communities of China and Taiwan.
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