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Peace and Delight

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Peace and Delight
安楽世界 (Skt Sukhavati; Jpn Anraku-sekai)

    Another name for Perfect Bliss, the land of Amida Buddha, said to be located "a hundred thousand million Buddha lands away in the west." "Peace and Delight" is one of the Chinese translations of the Sanskrit name Sukhavati, which was also rendered as Perfect Bliss and as Peace and Sustenance. Sukhavati means land of happiness or pleasure.

See also; Peace and Sustenance; Perfect Bliss.

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