Pure Land

American  

noun

Buddhism.

1. a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect Pure Land sect to be ruled over by a Buddha Amitābha, whose hope it is to bring all beings into it.

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Etymology

Origin of Pure Land

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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Pure Land

Chan Buddhism was austere and monastic in character, whereas Pure Land was the more popular form observed by lay people.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Chan Buddhism, like Pure Land, deemphasized scriptural study but rejected the notion of personal devotion to a savior.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Or I could mean My Pure Land, a new film about three women in rural Pakistan defending their home from bandits.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2017

It was what, visually and spiritually, inspired Masud to make My Pure Land a western.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2017

The Harmonization of These Ideas with Ancestor Worship The extension of life beyond the grave in purgatory, or in the Pure Land and through transmigration was readily accepted in China.

From Buddhism and Buddhists in China by Hodous, Lewis