You may enjoy these important resources:Lhug-Pa wrote:
Anyhow now I have some great references for further learning in regard to Pure Land Buddhism.
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You may enjoy these important resources:Lhug-Pa wrote:
Anyhow now I have some great references for further learning in regard to Pure Land Buddhism.
Very possible given that capacity at level is very high that it become ripen instantly.Astus wrote:Exactly.LastLegend wrote:Ok becoming Buddha.
But at that moment become the fully enlightened Buddha?
"To practice in every moment of thought is called the true nature. To be enlightened to this Dharma is the Dharma of prajñā, to cultivate this practice is the practice of prajñā. To not cultivate this is to be an ordinary [unenlightened] person. To cultivate this in a single moment of thought is to be equivalent to the Buddha in one’s own body.
Good friends, ordinary people are buddhas, and the afflictions are bodhi. With a preceding moment of deluded thought, one was an ordinary person, but with a succeeding moment of enlightened thought, one is a buddha. To be attached to one’s sensory realms in a preceding moment of thought is affliction, but to transcend the realms in a succeeding moment of thought is bodhi." (Platform Sutra, ch. 2, tr. McRae)
I have learned that in the 52 stages of a Bodhisattva's path to become Buddha, being reborn to a Pure Land is an excellently convenient way to make the final step to Buddhahood. However, and I am merely using common human logic here, surely there must be Bodhisattva that made it to Buddhahood at the time where there are no Pure Lands? Now of course, I am applying my concept of time which is bound to be flawed as I am an ordinary human. Perhaps once a Buddha has created a Pure Land it becomes available to even those in the past...LastLegend wrote:If I remember correctly, in Mahayana teachings, Bodhisattvas have to go to Pure Lands to become Buddhas. Or they might be "stucked" just like Arahants are stucked in Nirvana until they wish to go to Pure Lands.Astus wrote:How so? Chan is the school of sudden enlightenment (not gradual development on the bodhisattva path), and the Pure Land path has 100% guaranteed buddhahood in one lifetime.LastLegend wrote:Both will lead to Buddhahood. The only the difference is the time it takes to become Buddha.
Not sure about Buddha-Lands, but a pure land should be creatable by a Bodhisattva of a sufficient level. Otherwise how could Maitreya Bodhisattva create his pure land in Tushita?Astus wrote:Buddha-lands are created/completed once they become buddhas. If you want to carry on with this topic I recommend a separate thread.
Thanks for the reply, Astus. From what I have learned, Maitreya Bodhisattva is currently residing in an area within Tushita and that area is a pure land, according to:Astus wrote:Kaji,
A time when there were no buddha-lands is not really possible. There is no beginning of life in Buddhism, there is no beginning of buddhas either. But being born in a buddha-land as a part of one's progress on the bodhisattva path is not a requirement, although since bodhisattvas start their career under a buddha and are guided by buddhas, buddha-lands and bodhisattvas go together quire well.
The Tusita is a heaven in the realm of desire, not a buddha-land/pure land (the words are synonyms generally).
The sutra does not explicit state that it is a pure land or buddhaland, but the descriptions are indicative of a pure land.Astus wrote:Does that sutra state anywhere specifically that it's a pure land or buddha land?