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       What is Pure Land Buddhism?
   DIR By: Zazen
       Date: November 13, 2015, 3:32 am
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       Pure Land Buddhism (simplified Chinese:
       净土宗; traditional Chinese:
       淨土宗; pinyin: Jìngtǔzōng;
       Japanese: 浄土仏教[1], Jōdo
       bukkyō; Korean: 정토종, jeongtojong;
       Vietnamese: Tịnh Độ Tông), also referred to as
       Amidism[2][3] in English, is a broad branch of
       Mahāyāna Buddhism and one of the most widely practiced
       traditions of Buddhism in East Asia. Pure Land is a tradition of
       Buddhist teachings that are focused on Amitābha Buddha.
       Pure Land oriented practices and concepts are found within basic
       Mahāyāna Buddhist cosmology, and form an important
       component of the Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions of
       China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Tibet. The term "Pure Land
       Buddhism" is used to describe both the Pure Land soteriology of
       Mahāyāna Buddhism, which may be better understood as
       "Pure Land traditions" or "Pure Land teachings," and the
       separate Pure Land sects that developed in Japan. In Japanese
       Buddhism, Pure Land teachings developed into independent
       institutional sects, as can be seen in the Jōdo-shū
       and Jōdo Shinshū schools.
       Information courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Land_Buddhism
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