Sentence examples for buddha land from inspiring English sources

In the prose interpretation that follows, Vasubandhu expounds on the "five spiritual gates," especially the "gates of perception"—i.e., perception of Amitabha, of the bodhisattvas (Buddhas-to-be) surrounding him, and of the Buddha Land in which they dwell.

Unlike their more pretentious imitations of the west, the majority of which are embellished with statues, tablets, and so on, commemorating the great goodness of the donor or founder, those of Buddha land are simply fountains for the relief of the thirsty traveller.

Nor is it by any means improbable that we shall meet with many traits, as we proceed, that further illustrate their extreme backwardness.on, commemorating the great goodness of the donor or founder, those of Buddha land are simply fountains for the relief of the thirsty traveller.

A standard element of such individual vows is the establishment, through their vast accumulation of merit through praxis, of a buddha land or field of influence (buddhakṣetra), which is understood as giving concrete manifestation both to the splendor of their attainment and to their activity to bring beings to enlightenment.

Next came the tendency to focus attention on other buddhas in buddha lands distributed through endless space.

I can know that he visited other Buddhas in their Buddha Lands, and made vows, and created his own Buddha-land.

And of course, since there were no real vows by a real Bodhisattva, the idea that this Bodhisattva went around and actually visited countless Buddhas in countless Buddha lands is laughable, and not to be believed.

We simply cannot see - much less visit - the vast landscape of Buddha lands, each ruled over by it's own Buddha, as Shakyamuni Buddha describes to us.

Having spent endless ages studying all the qualities of countless Buddha lands, he created THIS land as the vehicle for our complete transcendence - our salvation at last from endless rounds of birth into samsaric life.

As soon as Ananda had said this, Amida Buddha emitted a great light, which illuminated all the Buddha-lands.

Said in Buddhist technical language - they can't accept the reality of SAMBHOGAKAYA - the idea that there are countless real, true, individuated Buddha figures in transcendental form reigning over countless Buddha-lands, emitting countless Buddha-fields.