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Mariko Mori (森 万里子, Mori Mariko, born 1967) is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist. She is known for her photographs and videos of her hybridized future self, often presented in various guises and featuring traditional Japanese motifs.
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 .
In terms of painting, some of the most popular paintings of the Kamakura period depict an ascending Amida Buddha. The main tenet of Pure Land Buddhism is that chanting the name of Amida could lead to a reincarnation in the pure land. Thus, scrolls of Amida would be hung in the room of the dying who would be saved by chanting the Amida mantra. [17]
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The text of the 18th vow of Amitabha Buddha, according to Infinite Life Sutra, reads: [1]. If, when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings in the lands of the ten quarters who sincerely and joyfully entrust themselves to me, desire to be born in my land, and call my Name, even ten times, should not be born there, may I not attain perfect Enlightenment.
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.
"Gokuraku Jodo" (極楽浄土, lit. Paradise Land, more specifically Amida Buddha's Pure Land) is a song by Japanese pop rock duo Garnidelia.It was first released digitally on July 28, 2016 as the B-side to its advance single, "Yakusoku -Promise Code-".
This chapter delves in more detail the basis for Pure Land Buddhist thought namely: . That the Buddha Amitabha made a series of vows to save all beings; That the most important vow is the 18th or Primal Vow to lead beings to the Pure Land if they recite his name