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Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land is one of the most popular schools of Mahayana Buddhism in East Asia today. Pure Land Buddhism offers a devotional practice for people who choose not to spend their lives in monasteries.

Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land grew from a small group of Chinese monks to become the most popular school of Buddhism in China and Japan.
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