Lokeśvararāja, was the 54th Buddha in the history of existence, according to the Larger Sutra of Immeasurable Life, long before Shakyamuni Buddha came and established what we know as Buddhism.[1] He is known for teaching the Dharma to King Dharmakara, who was so impressed that he became a monk, and later achieved Enlightenment himself as Amitabha Buddha.
Bibliography
edit- Inagaki Hisao, trans., Stewart, Harold (2003). The Three Pure Land Sutras, 2nd ed., Berkeley, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. ISBN 1-886439-18-4
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edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.bdkamerica.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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