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These three Pure land sutras (the Long and Short Sukhāvatī-vyūhas and the Contemplation Sutra) are seen as the main "three pure land sutras" in East Asian Pure Land Buddhism and they are the main sutra sources for Pure Land doctrine in East Asia. In Chinese Pure Land Buddhism, these three are combined with two more sutra chapters and a ...
The Transformed Land of compassionate means (方便化土, Hōben Kedo) - the Saṃbhogakāya pure land which is described in the sutras as having various features (trees, jeweled ponds, etc) and is the land that is created by the power of Amitabha Buddha's past vows.
The Dilun scholar Jingying Huiyuan (淨影慧遠, J. Jōyō Eon) wrote the earliest extant Chinese commentary to the Sutra of Immeasurable Life. [9] Jizang (549-623) of the Sanlun school, also wrote an early commentary on this sutra. [9] In Japan, the 12th-century Pure Land scholar Hōnen wrote four separate commentaries on the sutra. [8]
Japanese copy of the Pure Land Taima Mandala, which is based on the Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra Korean scroll of the Visualization Sutra, 14th century. Shakyamuni explains the importance of performing certain meritorious acts in order to be reborn in the Pure Land.
Sukhavati is also called the Land of Bliss or Western Pure Land and is the most well-known of the Mahayana Buddhist pure lands due to the popularity of Pure Land Buddhism in East Asia. Sukhavati is also an important postmortem goal for Tibetan Buddhists , and is a common buddhafield used in the practice of phowa ("transference of consciousness ...
The Three Pure Land Sutras (Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, BDK English Tripiṭaka Series) Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha translation group. The Sutra on Amida Buddha Delivered by Śākyamuni Buddha in The Three Pure Land Sutra (2 Vols), Shin Buddhism Translation Series. This version improves on Inagaki's earlier translation ...
In one type of group practice, participants usually recite this mantra three times after reciting the Heart Sutra or the Amitabha Sutra. The word "rebirth" tends to make people think that this mantra is only about "being reborn", and that it can only serve the particular purpose of going to the Pure Land.
It is one of the most important scriptures in Pure Land Buddhism alongside the three Pure Land sutras. [3] [4] The Discourse on the Pure Land is also the basis for an influential commentary by the Pure Land patriarch Tanluan, the Jingtu lun zhu (浄土論註; T. 1819). [5]