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Chùa Quang Minh - Buddhist Temple, Melbourne, Australia - Quang Minh Buddhist Temple
Amitabha Buddha is treated as if he were God
On the surface, yes. But perhaps chanting Amitabha Buddha's name is not praying to an external deity, but really a way of calling out one's own essential Buddha nature. However some of Shinran's writings do speak of Amitabha Buddha in language that a westerner would regard as describing God.