Great Faith, Great Wisdom - Hennessey Ratnaguna
Great Faith, Great Wisdom - Hennessey Ratnaguna The three Pure Land Sutras are a body of Mahayana scriptures that for centuries have played an important part in the spiritual life of East Asian…
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Great Faith, Great Wisdom - Hennessey Ratnaguna
The three Pure Land Sutras are a body of Mahayana scriptures that for centuries have played an important part in the spiritual life of East Asian Buddhists. Ratnaguna explores the practices that enable the practitioner to be reborn in this ideal world, and outlines how this can be understood in both a literal and metaphoric sense. These texts describe Sukhavati, the archetypal land of bliss presided over by Amitabha or Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Light and Eternal Life.
He also explores faith-imagination as the faculty that perceives reality.These Buddhist texts--both ancient and perennial--put forward a path of faith and grace, as well as effort and practice. So 'rebirth in Sukhavati' can take place in this very life, and dwelling there can be understood as a description of the Enlightened Mind. Using a practical and imaginative approach, Ratnaguna explores the
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