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Recently, I took some personal time to delve deep into Pure Land Buddhist teachings, re-reading some old books, but also some new ones. In particular, I was very impressed by Charles B Jones’s latest book, an excellent survey of the entire Pure Land tradition in Mahayana Buddhism. If you’re not familiar with Pure Land Buddhism, this is a broad, broad tradition in East Asia, focused on a single…

In most Pure Land traditions, mindfully chanting of the name of Amitābha is viewed as allowing one to obtain birth in Amitābha's pure land, Sukhāvatī. It is felt that this act would help to negate vast stores of negative karma that might hinder one's pursuit of buddhahood. Sukhāvatī is a place of refuge where one can become enlightened without being distracted by the sufferings of our existence.

Once two monks were talking, and one said: 'There is a village in the mountains where there are no sacred texts, no temples and no great masters. Yet Amida's light shines more brightly there than in ten universes.'

'Where is this place?' asked his companion. 'I must see it for myself.'

So his friend gave him directions and the monk hurried off. He returned after several days, weary and angry.

'You misled me!' he accused his companion. 'What kind of trick were you trying to play? I saw nothing of Amida's light there.'

'What did you see?' asked the friend

https://purelanders.com/2019/04/19/does-mindfulness-of-buddha-only-benefit-last-moments/

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