Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Pure Land (Sukhavati) | Central Tibet | The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

It is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land, and is the most well-known of Buddhist pure lands, due to the popularity of Pure Land Buddhism in East Asia.

Maitri Bhavana meditation practice cultivates compassion by being willing to take on the sense of suffering of others, acknowledging our deep interconnectedness. A sense of spaciousness is directed to those who are suffering, with the intention of providing relief from the claustrophobia which suffering creates.

Sukhavati, (Sanskrit: literally “Land of Bliss” or “Pure Land of Bliss”; often translated as “Pure Land”) in the Pure Land schools of Mahayana Buddhism, the Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha, described in the Pure Land sutras (Sukhavati-vyuha-sutras).

The paradise of Amitabha is a symbolic heaven called Sukhavati, in which a believer may be reborn and where he will remain until he enters Nirvana. Above, a buddha presides over the possibility of reincarnation.

The sukhavati ceremony is traditionally performed shortly after a person's death. In this ceremony, their loved ones, friends, and fellow practitioners, guided by a Buddhist teacher, pray they will be reborn in Sukhavati, the Western Paradise or Land of Ultimate Bliss.