Taho Nyorai is one of the former Buddha (a myriad of Buddhas who reached enlightenment before Sakyamuni), and is believed to live in the land called Treasure Purity in an immeasurable thousand, ten thousand million of asamkhyas of worlds to the east ('immeasurable thousand, ten thousand million of asamkhyas of worlds' means 'far-off').
多宝如来は、過去仏（釈尊以前に悟りを開いた無数の仏）の1人であり、東方無量千万億阿僧祇（あそうぎ）の宝浄国に住するという（「無量千万億阿僧祇」とは「無限のかなた」というほどの意味）。