Pure Land

== English == === Etymology === Calque of Chinese 淨土 / 净土 (Jìngtǔ) and Japanese 浄土 (Jōdo), both meaning "pure land" and used as the common name of the Buddhist sect devoted to Amitabha and rebirth into his pure land. === Proper noun === Pure Land (Buddhism) A school of Mahayana Buddhism focused on the Pure Land sutras and the buddha Amitabha. (Buddhism) The specific pure land of the buddha Amitabha, generally understood as a paradise wherein believers will be led to enlightenment. ==== Synonyms ==== (sect of Mahayana Buddhism): Amidism, Jodo Buddhism (paradise): Sukhavati, Jodo; see also Thesaurus:afterlife ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Pure Land (plural Pure Lands) (Buddhism) Alternative letter-case form of pure land: any of the various celestial realms of other buddhas and boddhisattvas.