RELS 1506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sukha, Sukhavati, Lotus Sutra
27 Mar 2017
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Churches, temples, monasteries take up these projects: If talking japanese pure land, they may have different practices they try to be uniform/keep the japanese roots. But if the san diego chapter starts a tree planting campaign in effort to apply their efforts uniformly, the monasteries in japan will take up the campaign. At certain point it becomes more american than. Kha : to be in a good / bad place-> applied to broader spectrum. Worried that one day people would forget about dharma. Focused on fact anyone can become bodhisattva. If you just chant the name of the bodhisattva of compassion you take someone to pure land, the land of deities. Promise to 500 arhats that they"ll attain nirvana. Promises non-arhats and everyone in community in nirvana. Pep talk : you have the buddha in you. Promise: a promise from a god/religious power is powerful and brings people together in faith.
