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Pure Land Buddhism

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Chinese:
Jingtu
Japanese:
Jōdo

Pure Land Buddhism, devotional cult of the Buddha Amitabha—“Buddha of Infinite Light,” known in China as Emituofo and in Japan as Amida. It is one of the most popular forms of Mahayana Buddhism in eastern Asia. Pure Land schools believe that rebirth in Amitabha’s Western Paradise, Sukhavati, known as the Pure Land, or Pure Realm, is ensured for all those who invoke Amitabha’s name with sincere devotion (nembutsu, referring to the Japanese formula of invocation, namu Amida Butsu). The Pure Land belief is based on three Sanskrit scriptures: the Amitāyus-vipaśyana-sūtra (“Discourse Concerning Meditation on Amitāyus”) and the “larger” and “smaller” ...(100 of 682 words)

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