Pure Land Buddhism

Robinson: pp.113-119; 196-198; 253-255;
Concze : pp. 144-160
Bloom: entire

Amitabha (Unlimited Light) = Amitayns (Unlimited Life Span)
Amit'o )Chinese), Amida (Japannese)
Sukhavati Sutra (Pure Land 3 Sutras)
1. Muryajukyo
2. Amitdakyo
3. Kan-muryojukyo

Dharmakara - Treasury of Dharma
Head Buddha's servant years ago. Expressed the desire to be born in the Pure Land)

1. Kankyo
2. Amida-Kyo. Description of the Pure Land. Recitration of the Name
3. Kan-kyo. Meditation Sutra

Prince Ajasatru imprisoned his father and mother as concequence his father King Bimisara died. Mother was distutbed terribly - asked Buddha what to do. Buddha instructed her the method of meditation.
1. Settled Mind od hte Pure Land
2. Recitation of the narure Buddha Mitayu

"Some good friends will then say to him (at his last moment). Even it thou canst no exercise the rememberance of the Buddha, thou may'st, at least, utter the name, Buddha Amita

The Pure Land school of Mahayana, based on the 1st-century Sukhavativyuha Sutra (Pure Land Sutra; a sutra is a writing that purports to record a discourse of the Buddha), was established in China in the 4th century by Chinese scholar Huiyuan, who formed a devotional society for meditating on the name of Amitabha Buddha (Buddha of Infinite Light). This sect grew and spread through the 6th and 7th centuries, especially among the common people.