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Introduction

The Pure Land Tradition

The goal of all Buddhist practice is to achieve Enlightenment and transcend the cycle of Birth and Death — that is, to attain Buddhahood. In the Mahayana tradition, the precondition for Buddhahood is the Bodhi Mind, the aspiration to   achieve Enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings, oneself included.

Since sentient beings are of different spiritual capacities and inclinations, many levels of teaching and numerous methods were devised in order to reach everyone. Traditionally, the sutras speak of 84,000, i.e., an infinite number, depending on the circumstances, the times and the target audience. All these methods are expedients — different medicines for different individuals with different illnesses at different times — but all are intrinsically perfect and complete. Within each method, the success or failure of an individual’s cultivation depends on his depth of practice and understanding, that is, on his mind.

A) Self-power, other-power

Throughout history, the Patriarchs have elaborated various systems to categorize Dharma methods and the sutras in which they are expounded. One convenient division is into methods based on self-effort (self-power)

Contents

 Preface

 Introduction

         The Pure Land Tradition

Translations

 Letters from Patriarch Yin Kuang

General Buddhism

Zen and Pure Land

Pure Land Practice

 Appendix: The Practices and Vows of the

           Bodhisattva Samantabhadra

 Editors’ Glossary

 Bibliography

 Index

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