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Walking in the Pure Land
Walking in the Pure Land
If I had supernatural power , I could take you up to the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha for a visit, or to the Kingdom of God if you are a Christian. I am sure that everything would be nice and clean there, with beautiful scenery. But once you were there, how would your footsteps be? Could you be sure that your footprints in the Pure Land would not show traces of worries and sorrows you carried from this samsaric1, worldly life?
If you take your worries and sorrows along with you and set them on the Pure Land, you would defile the Pure Land and make it much less pure! To deserve the Pure Land, you must be able to take peaceful and anxiety-free steps right here on this samsaric ground.
1samsaric ‒ from samsara (Sanskrit), the cycles of birth and death, ephemerality and change.
This Very World is the Pure Land
I am sure I would not offend Buddha or God by telling you a secret : if you could take peaceful and anxiety-free steps while walking on earth, there would be no need for you to go to the Pure Land or the Kingdom of God. There is a simple reason for this: samsara and the Pure Land both come from the Mind. When you are peaceful, joyful and free, samsara is transformed into the Pure Land, and you do not need to go anywhere. Then, even if I had supernatural power, I would not have to use it.
