PURE LAND Definition & Meaning

Pure Land

noun

Buddhism.

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Pure Land¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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In recent years, these have dovetailed with white racist fantasies of Russia as an ethnically pure land of traditional religion and gender roles, symbolized by the bare-chested kleptocrat on horseback, Vladimir Putin….

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“Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra” is one of the sutras they use in song.

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“We are a pure land,” he said.

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“Let’s not plant anything but the seed of love and friendship in this pure land,” a line next to his painted profile reads.

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Popular television hosts amplified the mood: “How can the homosexual’s flag be raised over Egypt’s pure land?” said one.

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