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This is also connected to great bliss (mahāsukha), which may refer in particular to the ultimate bliss attained through the practices found in the tantras. The iconography of and texts associated with Amitābha/Amitāyus often describe this buddha as one whose Dharma serves as the ambrosia that grants eternal life. In the Ṛg Veda this term refers to the elixir of eternal life. The Sanskrit term amṛta appears several times in this dhāraṇī and others. As in some of the other texts discussed previously, this dhāraṇī text describes a seven-jeweled chariot that transports one to Sukhāvatī. At the end of life, one will certainly attain rebirth in Sukhāvatī, see the Buddha, hear the Dharma, and quickly attain the highest level of bodhi. From these honored ones, the practitioner will hear all of the sutras and, at the moment of death, attain rebirth in Sukhāvatī, emerging from a lotus blossom at the rank of a bodhisattva. Īaron Proffit explains the benefits of the long version of the dharani according to the tradition of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism as follows: Ĭhanting this dhāraṇī one thousand times is said to purify all past karma, bestow rebirth in the highest level of Sukhāvatī, and produce visions of Sukhāvatī, Amitāyus Buddha, and assemblies of bodhisattvas. It brings about benefits for the reciter in this present life. However, another positive and important function and meaning of this mantra is the 'pulling out the fundamental cause of karmic obstacles'. The word 'rebirth' tends to make people think that this mantra is only about 'being reborn', and that it can only serve the particular purpose of going to the Pure Land. In one type of group practice, participants usually recite this mantra three times after reciting the Heart Sutra or the Amitabha Sutra. It is usually recited 21, 27 or 49 times per day. The mantra was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Guṇabhadra ( Sanskrit Chinese: 求那跋陀羅, 394-468) from central India. It can also be recited to help the soul of the animals that a person has killed in the past, including poultry, game, aquatic creatures, insects, etc. In Chinese the simplest is always chant Amitabha or Namo Amitabha. Some point similar like praying to rebirth on heaven in Christianity. Reciting this mantra is believed to grant the reciter a peaceful and joyful life in this life, and allow them to be reborn into the Buddha Amitabha's buddha-field of Ultimate Bliss. It is also known as Pure Land Rebirth Dhāraṇī ( Chinese: 往生淨土神咒 Wang Sheng Jing Tu Shen Zhou), or Rebirth Mantra ( Chinese: 往生咒 Wang Sheng Zhou) for short.

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The full name of this mantra is the Dhāraṇī for pulling out the fundamental cause of karmic obstacles and obtaining rebirth in the Pure Lands ( Chinese: 拔一切業障根本得生淨土陀羅尼). The Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Dhāraṇī, sometimes called the Pure Land Rebirth Mantra is considered an important mantra or dhāraṇī in Pure Land Buddhism and other schools of Buddhism, mainly following the Mahayana tradition.

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