Ā mí tuó fó shuō zhòu 阿彌陀佛說呪

The Spell Spoken by Amitābha Buddha (anonymous) [anonymous]

About the work

This 1-fascicle anonymous text preserves a brief Pure Land zhòu (spell / dhāraṇī) attributed to Amitābha Buddha. The text functions as a Pure Land devotional spell, parallel to [[KR6f0094|Bá yī qiè yè zhàng T0368]].

Prefaces

No formal preface.

Abstract

The text is anonymous and undated; conventional scholarship places it broadly in the medieval Tang-Sòng period of Pure Land devotional literature.

The Taishō text (T0369) is established on the standard apparatus.

Translations and research

  • No substantial Western-language translation located.