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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Label	Occurrences
Pure Land Buddhism canonical	34
Chinese Pure Land Buddhism	5
Japanese Pure Land Buddhism	5
East Asian Pure Land Buddhism	3
Korean Pure Land Buddhism	2
Pure Land	2
Pure Land Buddhists	2
Vietnamese Pure Land Buddhism	2
Chinese Pure Land thought	1
East Asian Pure Land tradition	1
Korean Pure Land traditions	1
Pure Land Buddhism in Japan	1
Pure Land Buddhist art	1
Pure Land devotional traditions	1
Pure Land school	1
Pure Land school of Buddhism in Japan	1
Pure Land schools	1
Pure Land theology	1
Pure Land thought	1
Vietnamese Tịnh Độ tradition	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466559 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Pure Land Buddhism
Context triple: [Buddhism, majorBranch, Pure Land Buddhism]

A. Chan Buddhism
Chan Buddhism is a major school of Chinese Buddhism emphasizing meditation, direct insight into one’s true nature, and the transmission of enlightenment outside of scriptures.
B. Mahayana
Mahayana is one of the two main branches of Buddhism, emphasizing the bodhisattva path and the aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.
C. Vajrayana
Vajrayana is a form of Buddhism known for its esoteric teachings, tantric practices, and use of ritual and symbolism as rapid paths to enlightenment.
D. Theravada
Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.
E. Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pure Land Buddhism
Target entity description: 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.

A. Chan Buddhism
Chan Buddhism is a major school of Chinese Buddhism emphasizing meditation, direct insight into one’s true nature, and the transmission of enlightenment outside of scriptures.
B. Mahayana
Mahayana is one of the two main branches of Buddhism, emphasizing the bodhisattva path and the aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.
C. Vajrayana
Vajrayana is a form of Buddhism known for its esoteric teachings, tantric practices, and use of ritual and symbolism as rapid paths to enlightenment.
D. Theravada
Theravada is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism, emphasizing the Pali Canon and the path of individual liberation through monastic discipline and meditation.
E. Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

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Sukhāvatī → prominentIn → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Pure Land Buddhism

Sukhāvatī → prominentIn → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Pure Land Buddhism

Sukhāvatī → prominentIn → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese Pure Land Buddhism

Western Pure Land → religiousTradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Western Pure Land → goalOfPracticeFor → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pure Land Buddhists

mappo (Latter Day of the Law) → influenced → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

subject surface form: Mappo

Shinran → tradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Nichiren → criticized → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → religiousTradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → influencedTradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Pure Land Buddhism

Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra → influencedTradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Korean Pure Land Buddhism

Bodhisattva vows → variantTradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple → religiousTradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Pure Land Buddhist temple architecture → religiousTradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Jōdo Shinshū → parentTradition → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

Jōdo Shinshū → influencedBy → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Pure Land thought

The Tale of the Heike → religiousContext → Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ

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