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Pure and Impure Lands

1,410 words, approx. 5 pages

Pure and Impure Lands PURE AND IMPURE LANDS. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a "Pure Land" is a purified land where buddhas and bodhisattvas, the future buddhas, dwell. In contrast, ... Read more

Suzuki Shōsan

753 words, approx. 3 pages

Suzuki ShŌsan SUZUKI SHŌSAN (1579–1655) was a Japanese Buddhist monk known for his advocacy of Niō-zazen, a meditative technique drawing upon both Zen and Pure Land methodo... Read more

Tanluan

1,155 words, approx. 4 pages

Tanluan TANLUAN (traditional dates 476–542, but more probably c. 488–554) was the author of the first known systematic work to be produced in China on Pure Land (Chin., Jingtu) Buddhism,... Read more

Buddhism, Pure Land

1,387 words, approx. 5 pages

Buddhism, Pure Land Pure Land Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition originating in India around 100 BCE–100 CE. Although Pure Land is not indigenous to China in terms of its doctrine and sc... Read more