The Pure Land...

"Amida [Buddha] is the Father of all beings; he is the Only One; he has, from the very beginning of all things, been contriving to save the world, and once incarnated himself in the person of Dharmakara Bhikshu to deliver the message of happiness among us.

Amida made the Bhikshu invoke forty-eight vows as recorded in the Amitayus-sutra, the main idea of which is that "I will make every one enjoy a rebirth in Pure Land if he listen to my name and believe in my will to save and rejoice in it."


Yejitsu Okusa
_Principal Teachings Of The True Sect Of Pure Land_
Kyoto: The Otaniha Hongwanji, 1915, p. 71-72