RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Maitreya, Mahayana, Shinran
4 Apr 2016
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Zen: practioners in zen school must rely on their own power for enlightenment, awakening and attaining their own wisdom. Self power. do not rely on your master, text, experiences, others etc. Zen: seated mediation, zazen. study of the koan. Zen: monastic practice. stay inside. can be very dif cult. Pure land: very easy, at home. lay practice. not in the monastery. Impossible to get awakening and enlightenment on our own, must rely on amida"s compassion. fully trusting another power. Most zen buddhist don"t believe there are ultimate differences between different. Both are mahayana schools , 2 themes: emptiness, bodhisattva"s compassion. Pure land: what is it ? the pure, sublime, meritorious place without the pollution of klesa (mental af ictions) blessed, full of pleasure, merit etc. Descriptions of various pure lands in indian buddhism. Amida"s pure land= the most popular in east asia when we refer to pure land we assume it is this one.
