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Pure Lands in Japanese Religion
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Today the term "Pure Land Buddhism" in the context of Japanese Religion commonly refers to the particular pure land inhabited by the Buddha called Amida. But in fact all buddhas and advanced bodhisattvas "purify" their physical environment, and thus their locales are termed "pure lands" (jodo ...), understood in contrast to the mundane samsaric existence of ordinary beings, who inevitably reside in "defiled lands" (edo ...). Traditionally the most well-read description of what a pure land is and how one might be ...
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Pure Land Buddhism in modern Japanese culture.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 9789004164710 Pure Land Buddhism in modern Japanese culture. Porcu, Elisabetta. BRILL 2008...v.121 DS822 Porcu (Ryukoku U., Kyoto) analyzes the role that the Pure Land Buddhist tradition, especially Shin Buddhism, has played in different...
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Mainline decline, Buddhist style.(Buddhist Churches of America)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century
; ...the BCA. is the American branch of Jodo Shinshu, a hybrid of Pure Land Buddhism and Japanese family rites dating to the 13th century...taught that enlightenment comes after rebirth in the Western Pure Land, a state achieved by calling on the name of Amida Buddha and...
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The Antarctic; from the circle to the pole.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; ...volume presents full-page color plates of Klipper's photos of Antarctica. Some of the photos include wildlife, but most are pure land- or seascape, effectively conveying the continent's wild beauty. Three essays accompany the photos, describing Klipper's achievement...
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27: Knight: nemesis from the Chicago School.(Part IV: critics in the twentieth century and beyond)
Magazine article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
; ...no conceptual difference between rent and interest, and that pure land value simply does not exist. A tax on land value, he believed...understand Knight's argument, we must establish what he meant by pure land value. This is not an easy task because of Knight's elliptical...
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Downtown Dirt.(George W. Donaghey Foundation buys land from Walk-Winn Plastics Co.)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business
; ...by Tommy Walker. Although the deal involved the former home of Alpha Plasma Center at 708 S. Main St., the deal amounts to a pure land deal worth $66.70 per SF. The property is being cleared as part of the state-backed office development that will build office...
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Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Real Happiness.(Review)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies
; ...development and, vouchsafed in the Himalayas until recently, the architectural plans for building that pure land spoken of by Buddha. The pure land is a utopia of society-wide enlightenment. The fundamental thrust of Thurman's history of the world...
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Getting results--or not.
Magazine article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
; ...can get some dollars without impairing the source--by using pure land rents, as Professor Samuels reminds us. The amount, nature...man-made capital to be reduced as an offset to higher tax on pure land rents. George did not have reliable figures. He did not use...
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Chinese religions; beliefs and practices.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; ...central thinkers, and practice of Taoism (both classical and religious), Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, Buddhism (both Zen and Pure Land), and popular religion, with separate discussion of the various religions in contemporary China. Distributed in the US by ISBS...
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(book reviews)
Magazine article from: Sociology of Religion
; ...The thirteenth-century monk, Nichiren, challenged the then (and still) popular belief that salvation entails entering the Pure Land after death, and that this depends upon the mercy of Amida Buddha. instead, Nichiren taught, the land of true happiness...
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MAN-MADE FOREST.(Buddhist temple)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; ...output, Tadao Ando is still able to create buildings that are powerful, subtle, and moving. Komyo-ji, a new temple for the Pure Land sect of Buddhism, is one of his most impressive recent works. Located in Saijo, a seaside town on the island of Shikoku, it...
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