Amitabha/Amitayus Main Page - Updated
The Amitabha/Amitayus Buddha Main Page has been updated. It certainly is the most difficult of the buddha pages to maintain because of the one buddha having two different names and two different appearances that sometimes but not always go with the two meanings of the two different names.
In the Mahayana Tradition of Buddhism a buddha is described as having three bodies: a form body (nirmanakaya), an apparitional body (sambhogakaya) and an ultimate truth body (dharmakaya). Amitabha and Amitayus are the same entity/person, the first is described as the form body (nirmanakaya) and the second the apparitional body (sambhogakaya). The ultimate truth body (dharmakaya) is without visual representation.