Kannon Pure Land

Japanese: 観音浄土 - かんのんじょうど
Kannon Pure Land

…The sacred mountain, or Mount Vulture, is the name of a mountain near Rajagriha, where the Lotus Sutra is said to have been preached. In addition, based on the Avatamsaka Sutra, the belief in the Manjusri Pure Land of Mount Qingliang in the northeast and the Kannon Pure Land of Mount Fudaraku in the south, which are worlds of bodhisattvas rather than Buddhas, began to take hold. These Pure Land beliefs, including the Maitreya Pure Land and the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, were transmitted from China to Japan, and Pure Land transformations were also depicted, depicting the appearance of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, and holy beings in the Pure Land. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kannon Pure Land" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…霊山つまり霊鷲山(りようじゆせん)とは王舎城の近くにある山の名で,《法華経》が説かれたといわれる場所なのである。このほか,仏ではなく菩薩の世界なのに《華厳経》に基づき,東北方清涼山の文殊浄土や,南方補陀落山(ふだらくさん)の観音浄土の信仰が行われるようになった。弥勒浄土や極楽浄土をはじめとする,これらの浄土信仰は,中国から日本に伝えられ,浄土における仏・菩薩や聖衆たちの姿などを描写した浄土変相も描かれた。…

※「観音浄土」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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