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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 ...
Jōdo-shū (浄土宗, "The Pure Land School"), also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen. It was established in 1175 and is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan , along with Jōdo Shinshū .
Pure Land Buddhism or the Pure Land School (Chinese: 淨土宗; pinyin: Jìngtǔzōng) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land. It is one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia. The Pure Land Buddhist school is also known as the "Nembutsu school" or the "Lotus School".
Japanese copy of the Pure Land Taima Mandala, which depicts Sukhavati, the most popular Pure Land destination in East Asian Buddhism, hanging scroll from 1750.. Pure Land is a Mahayana Buddhist concept referring to a transcendent realm emanated by a buddha or bodhisattva which has been purified by their activity and sustaining power.
Taitetsu Unno (海野 大徹 Unno Taitetsu) was a scholar, lecturer, and author on the subject of Pure Land Buddhism.His work as a translator has been responsible for making many important Buddhist texts available to the English-speaking world and he is considered one of the leading authorities in the United States on Shin Buddhism, a branch of Pure Land Buddhism. [1]
The "dual path of Chan and Pure Land cultivation" is an important feature of Chinese Buddhism, which often combines nianfo with Chan Buddhist meditation. [35] Figures who are considered Pure Land patriarchs who also combined nianfo with Chan include Yongming Yanshou (904–975) and Yunqi Zhuhong (1535–1615). [ 36 ]
Ōtani-ha (真宗大谷派, Shinshū Ōtani-ha) is a Japanese Buddhist movement. It belongs to Jōdo Shinshū, also known as Shin Buddhism (or True Pure Land). [1] The movement has approximately 5.5 million members. [2] The headquarters of Ōtani-ha are in Kyoto, [3] the mother temple is Higashi Honganji. The historic Shōman-ji, Nagoya also ...
Ji-shū (時宗, lit. time sect) is one of four schools belonging to the Pure Land within Japanese Buddhism. The other three are Jōdo-shū ("the Pure Land"), Jōdo Shinshū ("the True Pure Land") and Yūzū Nembutsu. The school has around 500 temples and 3,400,000 followers.