Western Pure Land

E292243
Buddhist cosmological realm pure land spiritual realm

Western Pure Land is the blissful, transcendent realm presided over by Amitābha Buddha, where beings are reborn to progress swiftly toward enlightenment in Pure Land Buddhist traditions.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Western Pure Land canonical 3
Western Pure Land of Amitābha 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist cosmological realm ⓘ
pure land ⓘ
spiritual realm ⓘ
associatedDoctrine other-power (tariki) ⓘ
associatedPractice visualization of Sukhāvatī ⓘ
associatedWith Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
associatedWithSchool Chinese Pure Land school ⓘ
Jōdo Shinshū ⓘ
Jōdo-shū ⓘ
characterizedBy absence of lower realms ⓘ
absence of suffering ⓘ
abundance of Dharma teachings ⓘ
ChineseName Xifang Jile Shijie ⓘ
contrastedWith Saha World ⓘ
surface form: Saha world
cosmologicalCategory Buddha-field (buddha-kṣetra) ⓘ
surface form: Buddha-field

Buddha-land ⓘ
describedAs blissful realm ⓘ
pure and radiant land ⓘ
transcendent realm ⓘ
entryCondition aspiration for rebirth there ⓘ
faith in Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
practice of nembutsu ⓘ
functionInDevotion destination after death ⓘ
object of aspiration ⓘ
goalOfPracticeFor Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Pure Land Buddhists
hasOtherName Land of Bliss ⓘ
Sukhāvatī ⓘ
Western Paradise ⓘ
inhabitedBy beings aspiring to Buddhahood ⓘ
bodhisattvas ⓘ
enlightened beings ⓘ
JapaneseName Jōdo-shū ⓘ
surface form: Jōdo
KoreanName Seobang Jeongto ⓘ
languageContext Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedInDirection west ⓘ
offers favorable conditions for attaining enlightenment ⓘ
presidedOverBy Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
primaryPracticeForRebirth nembutsu ⓘ
recitation of Amitābha Buddha’s name ⓘ
primaryScripturalSource Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ
Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ
Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra ⓘ
purpose to enable swift progress toward enlightenment ⓘ
religiousTradition Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
SanskritName Sukhāvatī ⓘ
TibetanName bde ba can ⓘ
vowedIntoExistenceBy Amitābha’s primal vows ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pure Land Buddhism → cosmologicalRealm → Western Pure Land ⓘ
Amitābha Buddha → presidesOver → Western Pure Land ⓘ
Sukhāvatī → otherName → Western Pure Land ⓘ
Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → describesPlace → Western Pure Land ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Pure Land of Amitābha