| Summary: | 碩士 === 華梵大學 === 東方人文思想研究所 === 97 === Pure Land Thought was propagated from India to China in Han dynasty. It’s salvation was changed from Huiyuan’s Self-power to Shandao’s Other-power. Shinran of Japanese True Pure Land School moreover promoted to Absolute-other-power.
Huiyuan of Lusan represents the group of salvation by Self-power. He declared that one must rely on the strength of living practicing “The Samadhi of chanting Buddha’s name” to obtain rebirth in the Pure Land. It means that the Samadhi trained by ones chanting of Amitabha Buddha, will be able to rebirth in Western Land of Bliss.
Tanluan, Daochuo and Shandao represents the group of salvation by Self-power. They declared that Pure Land practitioners can be reborn in the Western Land of Bliss by the help of the Amitabha Buddha’s eighteenth vow (, the orgin of the group’s name of salvation by Other-power,) without any practice or strength of Samadhi.
Japanese Shinran founded The True Pure Land School. His main teaching is not only based on three sutras of Pure Land School but also on his book Theaching, Practice, Belief and Enlightenment.
This school mainly emphasized on the faith in Amitabha Buddha. He declared that ordinary people can be reborn in the Western Land of Bliss was because of Amitabha Buddha’s ground vow which is the eighteenth of that forty-eight vows. The main purpose of this vow is that sentient beings can be reborn only if they provide their faith and make a resolution to the Western Pure Land. It means that their dream will come true only if they have the Sincere faith.
Although the Pure Land School have three different practices,
The Self-power, Other-power and Absolute-other-power, their fundamental spirit is identical which is based mainly on chanting Buddha’s name for salvation and purposes to see Buddha, to be without sufferings, to obtain happiness and to look for eternal life liberation.
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