Mahayana Pure Land Praise (大乘淨土贊)

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The "Praise of the Pure Land of Mahayana" is a Buddhist scripture composed by the eminent Tang Dynasty monk Master Shandao. This hymn emerged during the mid-seventh century, a flourishing period of the Pure Land school, primarily expounding on the sublime realm of Amitabha Buddha's Land of Ultimate Bliss and the practice of reciting the Buddha's name. Written in poetic verse, it systematically interprets the core teachings of Pure Land faith, emphasizing the feasibility for all beings to be reborn in the Pure Land through reliance on the Buddha's power. As an important text of the Pure Land school, this hymn not only established the theoretical foundation for Pure Land practices in Chinese Buddhism but also became a daily guide for later Pure Land practitioners, profoundly influencing the spread of Pure Land thought in East Asian Buddhism.