Amida Pure Land

…Incidentally, in China, popular rebellions in the name of Maitreya's descent from the dead occurred frequently, but it should be noted that these occurred after the Sui and Tang dynasties, when faith in Amitabha overwhelmed faith in Maitreya's ascending life. Incidentally, there are more than 270 Buddhist scriptures in the Chinese translation of the Tripitaka that preach about Amitabha Buddha, accounting for 30% of all Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, and in China and Japan, faith in the Amitabha Pure Land prevailed, overwhelming other Pure Land sects, to the point that it seemed to monopolize the name of Pure Land Buddhism. Pure Land scriptures that particularly preach about this Amitabha Pure Land include the Hanju-Zammai Sutra and the so-called "Three Pure Land Sutras" consisting of the Sutra of Immeasurable Life, the Sutra of Immeasurable Life, and the Sutra of Contemplation of Immeasurable Life. …

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…ちなみに，中国では弥勒下生に名をかりた民衆反乱が頻発するのであるが，それらは阿弥陀信仰が弥勒上生信仰を圧倒した隋･唐以後であることは注目されてよかろう。ところで，《漢訳大蔵経》のなかで阿弥陀仏について説いている仏典は270余部で，大乗仏典全体の3割を占めていて，中国や日本では阿弥陀浄土の信仰が他の浄土教を圧倒して普及し，浄土教の名称を独占するかのごとき様相を呈するにいたる。この阿弥陀浄土をとくに説く浄土経典としては《般舟三昧（はんじゆざんまい）経》と《無量寿経》《阿弥陀経》《観無量寿経》のいわゆる〈浄土三部経〉がある。…

※「阿弥陀浄土」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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