Article: Pure Land Buddhism in modern Japanese culture.(Brief article)(Book review)

Dictionary definition: Pure Land Buddhism
A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      309 words ...Pure Land Buddhism The Pure Land Sect of Buddhism (see Buddhism , see Mahāyā ... possibility of rebirth in Sukhāvatī, the Pure Land (see Pure Land ) where Amida Buddha reigns. At the center of ...

Interpreting Amida: History and Orientalism in the Study of Pure ...
Philosophy East and West;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... History and Orientalism in the Study of Pure Land Buddhism. By Galen Amstutz. SUNY Series in ... History and Orientalism in the Study of Pure Land Buddhism is that (1) Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land Buddhism), "Shin" for short, has long been ...

Article: The three minds and faith, hope, and love in pure ...
Buddhist-Christian Studies;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... enlightenment and nirvana. Hence, Pure Land Buddhism is good news to those forced ... children. In other words, Pure Land Buddhism is good news for the common person. Pure Land Buddhism, especially in the thought ...

Article: Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land ...
Buddhist-Christian Studies;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...TOWARD A CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING OF PURE LAND BUDDHISM: CREATING A SHIN BUDDHIST THEOLOGY IN A RELIGIOUSLY ... Amida Buddha; and third, Tachikawa takes up Shin or Pure Land Buddhism within the context of mainstream Mahayana Buddhism ...

Article: Conference on pure land Buddhism in dialogue ...
Buddhist-Christian Studies;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...As Charlie Parker devotees will attest, improvisation at its most thrilling, if not its most ingenious, is often the result of careful planning. Cannot something similar be said of interreligious dialogue? All our planning and study are best put to use when they suddenly become mere prologue to an

Article: Exemplary Lives: Form and Function in Pure Land ...
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...As a literature of exemplars, Pure Land sacred biography presents the reader with ... of their contribution to the history of Pure Land religious imagination. KEYWORDS: Pure Land Buddhism - Buddhist hagiography - biography as literary ...

Dictionary definition: Pure Land
A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      370 words ... ... home of Buddha Amitābha, or Amida Buddha (see Amida Buddha ), and the source for the name Pure Land Buddhism (see Pure Land Buddhism ) so important in Japan (see Japanese Buddhism ). Amida's Pure Land can be said to be a physical ...