Pure Land
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Pure Land is a Mahayana Buddhist concept referring to a transcendent realm emanated by a buddha or bodhisattva which has been purified by their activity and sustaining power. Pure lands are said to be
Japanese copy of the Pure Land Taima Mandala, which depicts Sukhavati, the most popular Pure Land destination in East Asian Buddhism, hanging scroll from 1750.
Tibetan painting of Amitabha in Sukhavati, c. 1700
Frontispiece of the 1718 Rules for Repenting and Rebirth in the Pure Land (Wangsheng Jingtu Chanyuan Yikuei)
Vietnamese depiction of Ksitigarbha in Sukhavati
Other power
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Other power is an East Asian Mahayana Buddhist concept which is discussed in Pure Land Buddhism and other forms of East Asian Buddhism. It generally refers to the power of a Buddha which can inspire s
"Amida Manifesting in the Dharma-body of Expedient Means", Japanese painting, at the Met.
Samantabhadra bodhisattva blesses Sudhana
The Buddha manifesting a marvelous array, from an illustrated manuscript created in the Goryeo Dynasty
In East Asian Buddhist art, the power of the Buddha Amitabha (Measureless Light) is often depicted through a halo, aureole or rays of light emanating from his head.