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Pure' Land'



Buddhism.
a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure' Land' sect") to be ruled over by a Buddha (Amida), whose hope it is to bring all beings into it. Chinese, Ching-t'u. Japanese, Jodo.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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