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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. It is also known as "Nembutsu school" or the "Lotus School".
The ornaments of the pure land include: Purity, Immeasurability, Marvelous Colors, pleasurable tactile objects (such as the grasses), adornments raining down from the sky (like flowers etc), light that fills the land, wondrous voice that fills the land teaching Dharma, Amitabha Buddha and the bodhisattvas, etc.
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 .
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 ...
Beyond promoting Pure Land Buddhism, Fazhao also integrated Pure Land teachings with Chinese Buddhist ideas of the Tiantai, Chan, and Huayan schools, thereby aligning Pure Land beliefs with the broader intellectual currents of Chinese Buddhism at the time. His efforts in spreading Pure Land teachings earned him the title “latter-day Shandao ...
The Way of Rebirth in the Pure Land (wǎngshēng jìngtǔ, 往生淨土) the chanting of Amitābha Buddha's name , as a means to attain rebirth in the Pure Land. This path is the “path of easy practice” (yìxíng dào 易行道) which relies on the Buddha's “ other-power ” (tālì 他力).
It is also known as Pure Land Rebirth Dhāraṇī (Chinese: 往生淨土神咒; Wang Sheng Jing Tu Shen Zhou), or Rebirth Mantra (Chinese: 往生咒; Wang Sheng Zhou) for short. Reciting this mantra is believed to grant the reciter a peaceful and joyful life in this life, and allow them to be reborn into the Buddha Amitabha's buddha-field of ...
The practical side of Zhili's Pure Land Buddhism manifested in his extensive practice of Pure Land repentance rituals. Furthermore, Zhili, along with his contemporary Ciyun Zunshi (慈云尊师), also promoted lay Buddhist Pure Land practice by founding pure land lay societies. [ 35 ]