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The Interpretation of the Buddha Land (Hardcover)
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The Interpretation of the Buddha Land (Hardcover)
Series: BDK English Tripitaka Series
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This fourth-century commentary on the Buddhabhumi-sutra is one of
the earliest texts of the Yogacara tradition. It includes an
introductory description of the setting in which it was preached by
the Buddha; the main body of the text, which treats the five
factors that constitute a Buddha land, i.e., the Pure Dharma Realm
and the four wisdoms: mirror wisdom, equality wisdom, discernment
wisdom, and duty-fulfillment wisdom; and a concluding section of
two illustrative similes and four summary verses. The overall theme
of these texts is that the Pure Land is not a physical location,
but a symbol of the mind of wisdom - constituted by the five
factors of the Pure Dharma Realm and the four wisdoms. These four
wisdoms, grounded in the Pure Dharma Realm, present the varied
structure of wisdom as conceived by Yogacara thinkers. Mirror
wisdom and equality wisdom are nondiscriminative, while discernment
wisdom and duty-fulfillment wisdom distinguish the nature of
bodhisattva tasks and carry them out in the world. Thus the
overarching context for these texts is the tension created between
the critical awareness and "deliteralization" tendency of Yogacara,
and the Pure Land cultus, with its veneration of many Pure Land
Buddhas and its hopes of being born in the Pure Land.
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