...the genii dwell : For there is no region so happy and blest As the heaven of Amita far in the West. On the moment of entering that peaceful scene, The...Like a gem without fracture or flaw is revealed." Born of a Lily — The beautiful lotus is the flower of Paradise. It is never said, "go to heaven/'...

...skies, Tbe snn never scorches, cold winds never rise, Neither summer nor winter are there ever knowu In the land of the Law and the Diamond Throne ; All...Like a gem without fracture or flaw is revealed." The word " diamond " is used in the sense of " unconquered and unconquerable," and may refer either...

...ethereal and bright, That is seen from afar to be glowing with light. Happy they who to that happy region have gone In numberless kalpas their time flows...Like a gem without fracture or flaw is revealed.* Buddhism to a certain extent, but only to a certain, lias prepared the way for Christianity in China...

...ethereal and bright, That is seen from afar to be glowing with light. Happy they who to that happy region have gone In numberless kalpas their time flows...Like a gem without fracture or flaw is revealed.' Buddhism to a certain extent, but only to a certain, has prepared the way for Christianity in China...

...In the Land of the Law and the Diamond Throne; All errors corrected, all mysteries made clear, There rest is unbroken by care or by fear. And the truth...concealed Like a gem without fracture or flaw is revealed. A Japanese Buddha. An extract from The Praises of Amida, modem sermons of the Shin sect.1 ' How can...