AMIDA DHARMA - Fascicle 11. The benefits of birth in the Pure Land after death

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1.Those born in the Pure Land through the Gate of True Faith immediately attain supreme Enlightenment. From the very moment they are born in Amida’s Pure Land they stop being ordinary beings subject to karma, repeated births and deaths, or to the various delusions and sufferings that are inherent to samsaric existence because they become all-powerful Buddhas free from all obstacles.

2.Unlike samsara, where the bodies of beings differ in beauty, health and lifespan, in the Pure Land they will have glorious and eternal manifestations, full of beauty and endless power. Also, they will be able to travel to any direction of the universe and take whatever form they wish, to help all beings, without actually leaving the Pure Land and without being affected by any suffering. Unlike here, where we are limited by time and space, in the Pure Land there will be no limits or obstacles and therefore, we will be able to be in billions of places at the same time.

3.Unlike here, where we can harm others even when we want to help them, after we attain Buddhahood in the Pure Land we will perfectly know the needs of everybody, as well as the right methods to provide guidance and help to any being according to their abilities and levels of understanding.

4.In samsara beings hardly remember what they did ten years ago, but in the Pure Land we’ll remember all our lives since the beginningless past and we’ll also know the past lives of all beings from all corners of the universe.

5.Unlike samsara where our senses are limited, after we are born in the Pure Land we will be able to hear the voices and sounds of all the worlds and beings that populate them, we will know their thoughts and speak in any language. Also, we will be able to see everywhere, without any obstacles.

6.Unlike now when we are weak and helpless and our powers are limited by these samsaric bodies, after we are born in the Pure Land we will be all-powerful and invincible.

7. After we are born in the Pure Land and attain perfect Enlightenment, we will have no illusions and no sin. Pure and clean, we will move beyond suffering, attaining the supreme happiness that depends on nothing. This is the bliss of dwelling in our Buddha nature.

8.After we are born in the Pure Land, we automatically obtain Infinite Wisdom and Infinite Compassion. Through Infinite Wisdom, we will know everything and through Infinite Compassion, there will be no trace of ego in our minds, truly becoming full of love for all beings and capable of understanding and helping them.

9. Out of gratitude to all the Buddhas in the ten directions who guided us to Amida along the beginningless eons, we will travel to their pure lands or to the areas where they preach the Dharma to make

offerings to them and to help them in their activities.

10. Any teaching taught by any Buddha from any corner of the universe will be known to us and nothing of what is now hidden will remain in darkness.

11.Many are the qualities we will have after attaining Buddhahood in the Pure Land, but they will be fully known only when we are finally born there. So, let’s entrust ourselves to Amida, say His name and wish to be born in that Enlightened place. There is no greater happiness than the state of Buddhahood and we can experience it only in the Pure Land of Amida Buddha.