According to Buddhist sutras, Amida made 48 great prayers, all of them for the salvation of all sentient beings, so that after death they might go to his Most Excellent Pure Land to cultivate themselves.
根據佛經記載，阿彌陀佛發四十八大願，願願要度眾生，讓眾生死後可以到他殊勝的淨土裡修行。