I asked and GOD Michael confirmed that Shakyamuni Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama, in Chinese: 释迦牟尼) was in contact with him.
Amitabha (in Chinese: 阿弥陀佛 or 无量光佛) mentioned in Pure Land Sutras referred to GOD Michael. Amitabha is one of the main Tathagata worshipped by Buddhists from Mahayana Buddhism which is one of the major branches of Buddhism. (Shakyamuni Buddha in Buddhism is similar to Jesus Christ in Christian.)Satan/HIM removed the teaching of the Buddha/the God from Buddha’s teaching, so that Buddhists mostly only have many Gods concepts.
Chinese Buddhism(汉传佛教) was less influenced by Satan/HIM because of historical reasons that the Buddhism sutra Sanskrit passed into Ancient China earlier with limited times about 2000 years ago. Also Chinese Buddhism developed its own understanding and religious system that’s quite fragmented to be influenced by Satan/HIM easily.
The name Amitabha, also known as Amitābha in Sanskrit, literally means infinite light. Amitābha’s light is said to radiate throughout the cosmos and shine on all beings. There are two translations in Chinese too, one is by its sound as “阿弥陀佛” and the other is by its meaning “无量光佛”- “Infinite Light Buddha” , which shows clearly it’s what we understand as the Buddha or the God in western culture.
Buddhists/monks in China use “Namo Amitofuo” (南无阿弥陀佛) as a greeting or mantra all the time. “Namo” means to turn back, to take refuge, to return and rely, to pay homage. “Amituo” means infinite, “Amituofo” means infinite and awakening buddha. As a greeting, our Guardians commented it’s the same as what they say “I greet you in the love and in the light of the one infinite Creator”.
I found some pictures of Amitabha from ancient times and they all showed similarity in the image of St. Michael (GOD Michael) of western culture.
Below are Amitabha statues from Yungang Grottoes (云冈石窟), located near Datong (大同) in Shanxi (山西) province, is another one of China’s most magnificent Buddhist stone carings. The whole grottoes was dedicated to worship Amitabha. Carved into the cliffs of the Wuzhou Mountain (武周山), this UNESCO World Heritage Site features Amitabha stone carvings that date back over 1,500 years to the Northern Wei Dynasty (北魏, 386–534 AD), a Dynasty earlier than Tang Dynasty.
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A Side Note: Previously, I have confirmed that adding GOD Michael is a good practice for buddhists. At that time I had very limited knowledge about buddhism and in my impression, there are many Gods but don’t have the God, so I didn’t ask deeper questions than that. ( A lot of time, the information I got depending on my knowledge in the area and the questions I asked. )
May 9, 2025