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Pure-land Zen by Patriarch Yin Kuang, Thich Thien Tam, Yin Guang, Dieu Phung, Minh Thanh, P.D. Leigh, Forrest G. Smith is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Pure-land Zen Zen Pure-Land 印光大师嘉言录(英文)-Translated by MasterThich Thien Tam.After the demise of the historical Buddha, His teachings spread in two main directions, southward (Theravada tradition) and eastward into China, Vietnam, Korea,Japan (Mahayana tradition). In East Asia, these teachings developed into ten different schools, several of which remained important to this day: Zen, Tantric and Pure Land. Pure Land is by far the most widespread form of Buddhism in East Asia.All these schools teach the same basic truth: “Do not what is evil, do what is good, keep the mind pure.” True to this spirit, the Pure Land approach is simple and straightforward. Through mindfulness of the Buddha (i.e. Buddha Recitation), the practitioner can calm his mind and achieve samadhi and wisdom. Thus reborn in the Pure Land (i.e., in his pure Mind), he will eventually attain Buddhahood. This is also the core teaching, the very essence, of Zen and all other Mahayana schools. As D.T. Suzuki has pointed out, “the psychological effects of the repetition of the holy name are close to the effects of Zen meditation.”This notwithstanding, the main emphasis of the Pure Land school lies elsewhere. Pure Land pro

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Author

Patriarch Yin Kuang, Thich Thien Tam, Yin Guang, Dieu Phung, Minh Thanh, P.D. Leigh, Forrest G. Smith

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Buddhism, Religion