| According to the Pure Land Sutra, Dharmakara was a bodhisattva whose vows were realized when he became the Buddha Amitabha. |
| Below Amitabha is the horse-headed Hayagriva, the principal wrathful deity of Amitabha's lotus family. |
| Buddha Hall owes its name with the three statues of Buddha, the Vairochana in the centre, to his left is Amitabha and to his right is Sakyamuni representing the three aspects our being, our mind, our virtue and our body. |
| Inside, the statue sits in the west facing east because it is an Amitabha, Buddha of the Western Paradise. |
| For more information and an explanation of a short practice that focuses on Amitabha, see the book Eight Steps to Happiness. |
| Amitabha is known as the 'Vajra Speech Buddha', which indicates that he is the manifestation of the speech of all the Buddhas. |
