01:840:211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Mahayana, Sukhavati, Dharma
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Amitabha buddha attended by the bodhisattvas kannon and seishi welcoming beings to the pure. Buddha did not really die but is still around teaching dharma. He and other buddhas would be in a cosmic buddha field or pure land - teach this dharma to bodhisattvas. Sangha is a word in pali and sanskrit meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or. "community" and most commonly refers in buddhism to the monastic community of bhikkhus and bhikkhunis. You can make donations to the sangha to get merit and can donate things such as alms, robes, and monasteries. When women go into the sangha, or the true dhamma, as a field of merit. The ability of people in this situation to reach nibbana can only remain in the world for only 500 years instead of 1000. Sangha is the monastic community- it has a buddhist council.
