Pure Land

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Pure Land is a Buddhist concept referring to a transcendent realm emanated by a buddha or bodhisattva which has been purified by their activity and sustaining power. It is especially important in Mahayana Buddhism, where Pure Lands are seen as places beyond the three planes of existence without the sufferings of samsara, where one can meet a buddha in person. Many Mahayana Buddhists aspire to be reborn in a buddha's pure land after death. The term "Pure Land" is common in East Asian Buddhist sources (Chinese: 淨土; pinyin: Jìngtǔ). Sanskrit Buddhist sources contain the equivalent concept under terms such as buddha-field (buddhakṣetra) or more technically a pure buddha-field (Sanskrit: viśuddha-buddhakṣetra, pariśuddha‑kṣetra, kṣetraṃ viśuddham, etc). It is also known by the Sanskrit term buddhabhūmi (buddha-land). In Tibetan Buddhism meanwhile, the term "pure realms" (Tibetan: དག་པའི་ཞིང Wylie: dag pa'i zhing) is also used as a synonym for buddhakṣetra. The various traditions that focus on...

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