Pure Land

School·Founded 400 CE·tens of millions worldwide

Vedic Religion → Buddhism → Mahāyāna → Pure Land

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History & overview · every faith gets one

When the path is too steep, call the Name.

The devotional heart of East Asian Buddhism: trust in Amitabha's vow to receive all who call on him into a land where awakening is easy. The most practiced form of Buddhism on earth.

The founding

No single founder — Pure Land accreted rather than began.

What it holds

The divine. Amitabha venerated — a buddha of infinite light, not a creator.

Death and after. Rebirth in the Pure Land, then awakening.

The line

descent is public here — where it came from, what left it
Vedic Religion — c. 1500 BCE Buddhism — c. 480 BCE Mahāyāna — 100 CE Pure Land — 400 CE

Keep going

Back to the overview — the living page: elements, discussion, the web The Belief room — the claims themselves, with sources and context Branch Pure Land — inherit everything, change what you must

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence; the global following above is a stated estimate, not a Panfaith count.

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