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The `Buddha of immeasurable light'. Japanese
name for Amitabha, the Buddha venerated in
Pure Land Buddhism. He presides over the
Western Paradise (the Buddha-land of his own
creation), and through his unlimited
compassion and power to save, true believers
can achieve enlightenment and be reborn.