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Naturalness
Drawn by the Buddha, we return effortlessly to naturalness; Naturalness is itself the land of Amida. Undefiled by passions, unarisen, it is true reality. Whether going or returning, advancing or halting, we always accord with the Buddha; We realize the body of uncreated dharma-nature. ~ Master Shan-tao [KGSS V.34]
Link: Pure Land as Sangha
Jishin has picked up and continued the ongoing discussion of the Pure Land over at our sister blog Blathering Nonsense. His post is entitled Pure Land as Sangha. I’ve posted my response in the comments box there.
A Yogacara View of the Pure Land (Part 2)
(This is a continuation of my rough translation of the essay “On the Background to the Five Kalpas of Thought” by Soga Ryojin. Part 1 can be found here) In the latter half of the article, Soga begins to unpack the notion that, “the summoning command of the Tathagata’s root Vow must truly be the [...]
A Yogacara View of the Pure Land (Part 1)
When it comes to conceptualizations of the Pure Land, the Yogacara viewpoint has sometimes been construed as antagonistic towards Jōdo Shinshū. Yet, as Kyōshin has pointed out, this is not necessarily the case; both from a historical standpoint, and, as I’d like to examine in this post, from a doctrinal standpoint. To do so I’d [...]
A vision of the Pure Land
This is the first post from new Echoes of the Name contributor Matthew: In response to this post, I’m not clear why ‘the Pure Land cannot be treated as a model’, and wondered whether an example might further explain why I feel this. We know quite a bit about the Pure Land from the 48 vows [...]
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