Dharmākara bodhisattva　法蔵菩薩 The bodhi­sattva who established the vow to liberate all sentient beings in the universe through the utterance of his name and who became Amida Buddha through its fulfillment. The Primal Vow and the aeons of religious practice that was necessary for its fulfillment are, strictly speaking, those of Bodhisattva Dharmākara. Through the story of Dharmākara we see that Amida is not a static symbol of absolute truth, but the expression of the ever-active working of compassion that lies at the core of Mahayana Buddhism. This working of compassion, rooted in the ultimate reality, the dharma-body as suchness, is one of the phases of jinen.