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The Land of Ultimate Bliss is complete with all these adornments and virtues. Why does Sakyamuni Buddha keep telling Sariputra that the...

Moreover, this Buddha has innumerable disciples, all of whom are Arhats, whose numbers are incalculable. Amitabha also has a following of...

Also, the life-span of this Buddha and his people is an infinite number of immeasurable eons, and so he is called Amitabha. Amitabha...

The light of this Buddha is infinite, and shines on all lands throughout the universe without obstruction. Thus this Buddha is called...

What do you think: why is this Buddha called Amitabha? Why did Sakyamuni Buddha introduce Amitabha Buddha and the Pure Land? Because...

This Buddha-land is complete with all these adornments and virtues. Sakyamuni Buddha again told Sariputra that the Pure Land is...

In this Buddha-land, there is a slight breeze that stirs the rows of jewel trees and jewel netting, so that they emit subtle wondrous...

Do not think that these birds were born as birds due to karmic retribution for past misdeeds. Why not? In this Buddha-land, the Three...

When sentient beings in this land hear the singing of the birds, they become mindful of the Buddhas, mindful of the Dharma, mindful of...

. . . the Eightfold Path, as well as other teachings. The five roots, the five powers, and the seven factors of enlightenment are...

. . . the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, . . . In our practice of the thirty-seven limbs of enlightenment, the five roots and the five...

. . . the Five Roots, the Five Powers, . . . Root means “being able to sustain and grow.” As the five roots are cultivated, the five...

The Land of Ultimate Bliss is complete with all these adornments and virtues. This sentence concludes the description of the gems, ponds,...

And there is more—celestial music is constantly playing in this Buddha-land, and the ground is made of pure gold. Heavenly flowers rain...

The Land of Ultimate Bliss is complete with all these adornments and virtues. In his commentary, Great Master Ouyi wrote of the two...

In the ponds there are lotus flowers as big as cartwheels: blue ones shining with blue light, yellow ones shining with yellow light, red...

The bottom of each of the ponds is pure golden sand, and the stepped walkways that lead up from all four sides of each of the ponds are...

Moreover, the Land of Ultimate Bliss has ponds of seven jewels filled with the waters of eight virtues. Just as with the rows of railing,...

Furthermore, this land is called “Ultimate Bliss” because it is surrounded by seven rings of railings, and seven layers of netting, and...

Why is this land called Ultimate Bliss? It is called “Ultimate Bliss” because the sentient beings in this land are free from the myriad...