RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Mantra, Gautama Buddha, Jiriki

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: Victor Soﾍgen Hori

Document Summary

Jodo: nembustru (chanting the name, easy lay practice, shinjin (true entrusting) Both zen and pure land are division of mahayana (great vehicle) Amitayus: the buddha of infinite light, the buddha of infinite life. A + mita a (negation), mita (immeasurable) The buddha of the pure land (cid:1) (cid:1) The pure land of the west ( sukhavati land of the great bliss ) Dharmakara bodhisattva became amida buddha: very long path, several reborns. Countless lives until he finally became a buddha. Five kalpas (1 kalpas is imagine a stone 800 miles long, wide and high. When something pass over it and it erodes ) Pure land: one more rebirth to nirvana the step before nirvana. Picture of pure land: in the center it"s a platforme where the (cid:1) bouddha is, 2 other by his sides. A lot of things in the sky, musical instruments, when the wind blows trough it makes music.