A collection of passages on the true meaning of birth in the Pure Land of Amida Buddha

Unfortunately, many people nowadays do not correctly understand the meaning of birth in thePure Land of Amida Buddha, and explain it in terms that are alien to our school, like  being “here and now”, or in our mind, etc, thus denying its actual existence as an Enlightened place and of birth there after death.

The collection of passages from the sacred texts that I am going to present to you in the posts bellow proves the falsity of such claims and helps us understand the true teaching on birth in the Pure Land. They do not recquire special explanations as they are not hard to understand.

To make the lecture easier to follow, I divided the passages in three categories:

1) Passages who show that birth in the Pure Land takes place after death

2) Passages who show that birth in the Pure Land takes place after death and it means the attainment of Nirvana (Enlightenment/Buddhahood), 

3) Passages who show the enlightened qualities of those born in the Pure Land of Amida, and which can’t be found in the “here and now”samsaric bodies and minds of unenlightened followers.

Please also refer to some of my articles on this topic:

- The safe enlightened realm of Amida Buddha

-The Pure Land in the teaching of Jodo Shinshu

- The two aspects of the Pure Land

- What part of our mind goes to the Pure Land?

This article is a fragment from my book,

The True Teaching on Amida Buddha and His Pure Land.

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