Contemplate the sacred at the Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park on the Sedona tour, where you’ll find a 36-foot structure that serves as a monument to the Buddha Amitabha. Located at the base of Thunder Mountain, this spiritual destination was built in 2004 and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year for prayer, meditation and peace. Included inside this particular stupa are mandalas, nearly one billion prayers for peace, and soil and medicine from around the world. Visitors of all faiths are welcome, and can leave written prayers at the stupa, as well as monetary or material donations as offerings.
Stupas are regarded as the “body of the Buddha” and have been constructed worldwide to purify negativity, alleviate suffering, promote awakening and compassion, and protect beings from illness, famine, poverty, and war. The word stupa comes from the Sanskrit stupa, which means “to heap up, pile, elevate.”
