Amitbha Buddha Thangka

Amitabha is known as the red Buddha of the west and the most ancient among the Five Dhyani Buddhas of the Vajarayana tradition.
Amitabha means infinite light and he is also known as “Amitayus” or Buddha of the infinite life.

Amitabha was a king who renounced his throne to become a monk. He took the name of Dharmakara Bodhisattva and after accumulating great merit over countless lives, finally achieved enlightenment and became a Buddha.
Buddha Amitabha now reigns over “Sukhavati”, the western paradise, also called “the Pure Land”.