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Word: amita (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then she told of a trip she had taken to the Heng-Yang Mountains to see the "Rub-the-Mirror Pavilion." There, 2,000 years ago, a young Buddhist monk had sat crossed-legged for days muttering "Amita Buddha! Amita Buddha!" The Father Prior took a brick and rubbed it against a nearby stone until the acolyte asked what he was doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Madame | 3/1/1943 | See Source »

...said the Father Prior, "it is just as impossible for you to acquire grace by doing nothing except murmur 'Amita-Buddha' all day long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Madame | 3/1/1943 | See Source »

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