Pure Land sutras

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The Pure Land sutras are a group of influential Mahayana Buddhist scriptures that describe the vows of Amitābha Buddha and the path to rebirth in his blissful Pure Land through faith and devotional practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scripture collection ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist text ⓘ
associatedConcept Buddha-field (buddha-kṣetra) ⓘ
merit transfer ⓘ
vow power of the Buddha ⓘ
associatedWith Amitāyus (another name of Amitābha) ⓘ
linked to: Amitābha Buddha
audience lay followers ⓘ
monastics ⓘ
contains descriptions of Amitābha's vows ⓘ
promises of rebirth for faithful practitioners ⓘ
coreTextOf Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
cosmologyElement western direction of the Pure Land ⓘ
describes Sukhāvatī (the Pure Land of Amitābha) ⓘ
linked to: Sukhāvatī

methods to attain rebirth in the Pure Land ⓘ
qualities of the Pure Land ⓘ
emphasizes aspiration for rebirth in Sukhāvatī ⓘ
faith-based salvation ⓘ
other-power (tariki) ⓘ
recitation of Amitābha's name ⓘ
focusesOn Amitābha Buddha's vows ⓘ
devotional practice ⓘ
faith in Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
rebirth in the Pure Land ⓘ
genre sūtra ⓘ
goal attainment of Buddhahood in the Pure Land ⓘ
liberation from saṃsāra ⓘ
influenced Chinese Pure Land traditions ⓘ
East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Japanese Pure Land schools ⓘ
Korean Pure Land traditions ⓘ
Vietnamese Pure Land traditions ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
Sanskrit (partly preserved or reconstructed) ⓘ
mainDeity Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
partOf Mahayana canon ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana sutras
practiceType Buddha-remembrance (buddhānusmṛti) ⓘ
devotional Buddhism ⓘ
regionOfInfluence China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
religiousTradition Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
scripturalStatus revered as authoritative in Pure Land schools ⓘ
usedIn Pure Land chanting rituals ⓘ
monastic and lay devotional practice ⓘ
viewOnSalvation accessible to ordinary beings ⓘ
emphasizes salvation in the degenerate age ⓘ

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Mahayana sutras → includesText → Pure Land sutras ⓘ
Mahayana → scriptures → Pure Land sūtras ⓘ
linked to: Pure Land sutras
Pure Land Buddhism → scripturalBasis → Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Pure Land sutras
Pure Land Buddhism → scripturalBasis → Smaller Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ
linked to: Pure Land sutras
Japanese Buddhism → coreText → Pure Land sutras ⓘ
Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → partOf → Three Pure Land Sutras ⓘ
linked to: Pure Land sutras
Guan Wuliangshou Jing → partOfCorpus → Three Pure Land Sutras ⓘ
linked to: Pure Land sutras
Kanmuryōjukyō → partOf → Pure Land Buddhist canon ⓘ
linked to: Pure Land sutras