BUddhism Reading review
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This assignment a lot of reading it’s about Buddhism and Zen so I highly recommend people with good backgrounds to write this. Read the attached reading and answer the question that are attached as well. Read the “Question” file first so you know what pages to read. It has to demonstrates thoughtful engagement and exceptional insight.
1. The descriptions of Amitabha’s Land of Bliss from the Smaller and Larger sutras (translated in the excerpts from Gomez) work on multiple levels. In what ways is birth in this pure land presented as a significant stage on the bodhisattva path, conducive to further practice for achieving Buddhahood, and in what ways, as an ideal post-mortem paradise?