Pure Land Buddhism

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Buddhist tradition Mahayana school religious movement

Pure Land Buddhism is a devotional branch of Mahayana Buddhism centered on faith in Amitābha Buddha and rebirth in his Western Pure Land as a path to enlightenment.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Korean Pure Land traditions	1
Pure Land Buddhism in Japan	1
Pure Land Buddhist art	1
Vietnamese Tịnh Độ tradition	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist tradition ⓘ Mahayana school ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
associatedWith	Chinese Buddhism ⓘ East Asian Buddhism ⓘ Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ East Asian Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese Buddhism
centralBelief	rebirth in the Western Pure Land ⓘ
centralDeity	Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
centralPractice	devotion to Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
contrastsWith	Chan Buddhism ⓘ Zen Buddhism ⓘ
cosmologicalRealm	Sukhāvatī ⓘ Western Pure Land ⓘ
devotionalPractice	chanting Amitābha’s name ⓘ nembutsu ⓘ nianfo ⓘ visualization of the Pure Land ⓘ
emphasis	faith in Amitābha Buddha ⓘ recitation of Amitābha’s name ⓘ reliance on other-power ⓘ
goal	attain enlightenment in the Pure Land ⓘ
hasSchool	Chinese Pure Land school ⓘ Jōdo-shū ⓘ surface form: Jōdo Shinshū Jōdo-shū ⓘ Pure Land Buddhism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Korean Pure Land traditions Pure Land Buddhism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese Tịnh Độ tradition
integratedWith	Chan–Pure Land syncretism ⓘ
keyFigure	Daochuo ⓘ Genshin ⓘ Hōnen ⓘ Shandao ⓘ Shinran ⓘ Tanluan ⓘ Yongming Yanshou ⓘ
partOf	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
regionOfInfluence	China ⓘ East Asia ⓘ Japan ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
scripturalBasis	Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra ⓘ Pure Land sutras ⓘ surface form: Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra Pure Land sutras ⓘ surface form: Smaller Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
soteriology	faith-based path to liberation ⓘ
teaches	Amitābha’s vows to save sentient beings ⓘ rebirth in Sukhāvatī through faith and practice ⓘ
usesConcept	other-power ⓘ self-power ⓘ
viewOnEnlightenment	enlightenment more easily attained in the Pure Land ⓘ
viewOnPractice	accessible to laypeople ⓘ suitable for degenerate age of Dharma ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Pure Land Buddhism → hasSchool → Pure Land Buddhism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Korean Pure Land traditions

Pure Land Buddhism → hasSchool → Pure Land Buddhism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese Tịnh Độ tradition

Eastern religions → includes → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Mahayana → includesSchool → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Tendai Buddhism → influenced → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pure Land Buddhism in Japan

Buddhism → majorBranch → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Fujiwara no Yorimichi → patronOf → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pure Land Buddhist art

Kamakura period → religion → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Muromachi period → religion → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ