FAQ: Is the Pure Land Mind-only or real? 

FAQs on Pure Land Buddhism
Written By Yan Long Lam

When people use the word Mind-only, they don’t understand the true nature of the Mind, which is boundless and limitless in nature, and encompasses everything. The Mind is not separaeted from the phenomena. “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form” (Heart Sutra). 

The Pure Land is both Mind-only and real. And when I say Mind-only, I mean the real mind that is boundless and limitless, the mind of the Buddha, the Buddha-nature within all beings. The Pure Land is created by Amitabha Buddha’s perfect enlightened mind and his great vows, hence, it is both Mind-only and real, non-dual. 

Yan Long Lam
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