Dear all,

Often times when we hear of translators of Buddhist texts from India to China, we think of Kumarajiva and other Indian and Central Asian monks.

A very good day to all my friends. In this forum, I wish to share with you a description of the Land of Ultimate Bliss (Amitābha’s Western Pure Land) as written in the Amitābha Sutra …

Hi Kalyayamitta,
I have two questions and appreciate your comments.

In 446 AD, the Buddhist Persecution was beginning in China.

Pure Land provide us a temporary shelter to all well beings. Amitabha pure land in the western pure land (Sukhavati) provide us the privileged to go and practice Buddhism until we get enlightenment.

The Mahayana tradition originated in India before Buddhism was introduced to China. Hence, somehow, skillful mean doctrine may be taught in China at the time.

To avoid being too attached to the 3 poisons, one of the problems is the usage of Five Aggregates to infer values of matter. Then, we think of rupa which becomes the mover of our thought.

After the introduction of Buddhism to China, the first Chinese school to systematically develop its thoughts on theory and practice is Tiantai.

Hello, everyone.

The title of my paper is "From Two Truths to Three Truths to No Truth?: The Threefold Truths and the 'No Truth' Doctrine in Tiantai Buddhism."