A Little Bird Told Me: The Magical Birds of the Pure Land

This article considers the unique case of the birds in Amitābha’s Pure Land, Sukhāvatī. Pure Land scriptures highlight the two main roles of the birds: their ornamental beauty and their amplification of the Dharma through their birdsong. In addition to the scriptures, the birds appear in Chinese com...

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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Johns Hopkins University Press 2021
In: Journal of Chinese religions
Jahr: 2021, Band: 49, Heft: 1, Seiten: 1-19
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B China / Sukhāvatīvyūha / Reines-Land-Schule / Vögel (Motiv) / Volksreligion
RelBib Classification:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
BL Buddhismus
KBM Asien
weitere Schlagwörter:B Pure Land
B 善導
B Buddhism
B Animals
B 佛教
B Birds
B 淨土
B 鳥類
B Shandao 善導
B 眾生
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Zusammenfassung:This article considers the unique case of the birds in Amitābha’s Pure Land, Sukhāvatī. Pure Land scriptures highlight the two main roles of the birds: their ornamental beauty and their amplification of the Dharma through their birdsong. In addition to the scriptures, the birds appear in Chinese commentarial and liturgical literature and popular tales. Although scriptures indicate that the birds are Amitābha’s skillful creations, they provided a familiar connection in this life to the Pure Land for those who aspired to be reborn there. This allowed for Pure Land practitioners to reimagine their spaces to gain a momentary experience of the Pure Land on earth.
ISSN:2050-8999
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of Chinese religions