CHINESE BUDDHISM
• Mahayana (Greater Vehicle). Buddha becomes Cosmic/
Heavenly power.
• also in ZEN: the Buddha Nature within (see p. 166 Tripitaka
enters Zen Hall).
• Theravada = self-help. Mahayana = enlightenment by proxy!
• Bodhisatvas help us out of pure compassion. Join heavenly
pantheon alongside gods, spirits, ancestors, Buddhas.
• most popular, PURE Land: Amita Buddha grants devotees birth
in his perfect Heaven. Devotees “envision” the Pure Land; faith not works.
• Kuan-yin his chief aid (Bodhisattvas can run errands on earth!)
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