Pure land
Pure Land (also Buddha field ; skt .: बुद्धक्षेत्र buddhakshetra , IAST buddhakṣetra ; tib . : sangs rgyas kyi zhing, dag zhing ; Chinese 淨土 , Pinyin jìngtǔ , W.-G. ching-t'u ; kor. 정토 , jeongto ; jap . 浄土 , jōdo ), especially in Amitabha Buddhism (also: Pure Land Buddhism), the concept of a non- samsaric area of existence in which all conditions for spiritual practice are viewed as favorable for attaining Buddhahood and great spiritual merits are accumulated can be.
Examples
- Abhirati (Tib .: mngon par dga 'ba ), the pure land of Buddha Vajrasattva Akshobhya
- Akanishta (Tib .: 'og min ), u. a. the (highest) pure land of Buddha Vajradhara
- Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūrya-prabhāsa, the pure land of the Bhaisajyaguru
- 'jam dpal zhing bkod , describes the pure land of Manjushri
- Khechara (Tib .: mkha 'spyod ), the pure land of the Dakini Vajravarahi
- 'khor ba yongs grol , the pure land of Buddha Vairocana
- Copper-colored mountain (Tib .: zangs mdog dpal ri ), the pure land of Padmasambhava
- Potala (Tib .: pho brang ri bo gru 'dzin ), the pure land of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
- dpal dang ldan pa , the pure land of the Buddha Ratnasambhava
- las rab rdzogs pa'i zhing , the pure land of the Buddha Amoghasiddhi
- Ratnaloka (Tib .: lho phyogs lo ka'i khams rin po che'i snang ba ), the southern pure land
- Shambala (Tib .: bde 'byung ), the land of the kings of Shambala
- Sukhavati (Tib .: bde ba can ), the pure land of Buddha Amitabha
- Tushita , the pure land of Buddha Maitreya
- Yulo Kopa (Tib .: g.yu lo bkod pa'i zhing ), the pure land of the Bodhisattva Tara
In Brazil, Chagdud Tulku attempted to recreate the Pure Land of Padmasambhava in a suitable landscape .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ berzinarchives.com: Glossary of Tibetan Terms
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Abhirati_p/g00006.htm
- ↑ http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Akanishta
- ↑ http://www.himalayanart.org/image.cfm/111.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://padmasambhavapureland.com/us/index.php
literature
- Gomez, Louis, O. (2004). "Pure Lands," in Buswell, Robert E., ed. Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 703-706. ISBN 0-02-865718-7 .
- Galen, Amstutz; Blum, Mark L. (2006). Editors' Introduction: Pure Lands in Japanese Religion . Japanese Journal of Religios Studies 33 (2), p. 217-221.