birth in the Pure Land (Birth in the Pure Land)

(Language: English)

Short Description: Symbolic expression for the transcendence of delusion

Long Description: Symbolic expression for the transcendence of delusion. While such a birth was thought to come after death in traditional Pure Land thought, Shinran spoke of its realization here and now; for example he states, ‘although my defiled body remains in samsara, my mind and heart play in the Pure Land.’ ( Taitetsu Unno, taken from his Key Terms of Shin Buddhism, in the essay (contained in this volume) entitled, “The Practice of Jodo-shinshu.”)

Sources: Living in Amida’s Universal Vow: Essays in Shin Buddhism, by Alfred Bloom