The Promise Of Amida Buddha: Honen's Path To Bliss

Book Summary


Honen Shonin, who lived in Japan in the twelfth century, saw that the complexity of traditional Buddhist practices made them inaccessible to people outside the monastic elite. Drawing on the Chinese Pure Land tradition, he re-imagined Pure Land practice for Japan and ushered in a new and dynamic lineage that continues in the present day. In our degenerate age, says Honen, we cannot hope to reach enlightenment via the practices employed by the Buddhist masters of old. For us there is only one avenue to liberation--rebirth in the Pure Land of Amida, from whence our progress is irreversible and our ultimate release assured. The Pure Land is a heavenly destination made manifest through the pure vow of Amida to save all beings, and we secure passage to this land in our next life through pure faith in Amida at the very moment of death. And the practice of faith in Amida is performed through Nembutsu, the continual recitation of the mantra Namo Amida Butsu, which bonds us to Amida and brings us into his care.

Book Details


Book Name The Promise Of Amida Buddha: Honen's Path To Bliss
Author Joji Atone, Yoko Hayashi
Publisher Wisdom Publications (ma) (May 2011)
ISBN 9780861716968
Pages 487
Language English
Price 1436
 
 

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