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Definition[1]
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The eighteenth of Amitābha's forty-eight vows, the one vowing salvation to all believers.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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即阿彌陀佛所發四十八願中之第十八願。為四十八願中之最重要者,故又稱王本願。其內容以念佛往生為主,眾生修習念佛以求往生淨土,即依此願,故又稱念佛往生願。無量壽經卷上(大一二‧二六八上):「設我得佛,十方眾生至心信樂,欲生我國,乃至十念;若不生者,不取正覺。唯除五逆、誹謗正法。」(參閱「本願」1976、「念佛往生願」3212)
Source
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佛光電子大辭典
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