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GUIDING PRINCIPLES
  • Faith in, and acceptance of, Amitabha’s deliverance
  • Single-minded recitation of Amitabha’s name
  • Aspiration to rebirth in Amitabha’s Pure Land
  • Comprehensive deliverance of all sentient beings

    • SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  • Recitation of Amitabha’s name, relying on his Fundamental Vow (the 18th)
  • Rebirth of ordinary beings in the Pure Land’s Realm of Rewards
  • Rebirth assured in the present lifetime
  • Non-retrogression achieved in this lifetime
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