Heard here is the Amitabha mantra, one of the 5 mantras Sangharakshita asked to be chanted at the time of his death. As a young boy, the first image of the Buddha he saw was a photo of the Kamakura Buddha in Japan, a giant statue of Amitabha. Later, during his years as a homeless wanderer in India, he had a striking vision of Amitabha in a cave. Then, once he'd become a respected monk in Kalimpong, the Dalai Lama personally gifted him an Amitabha rupa. At the end of his life, he would sit lookin