QUESTIONS ON PURE LAND BUDDHISM 1.Distinguish between Amitabha Buddha and Amida Buddha 2.What was the condition for Amida to receive his Buddhahood? 3.What is the ‘Pure Land Western Paradise’? 4.Is Pure Land based on religious effort or faith?

QUESTIONS ON PURE LAND BUDDHISM 5.Say how Pure Land differs from early forms of Buddhism 6.In which country and century was Pure Land founded? 7.When did it arrive in Japan? 8.How did the word ‘Shinto’ emerge in Japan?

QUESTIONS ON PURE LAND BUDDHISM 9. Name the two Pure Land sects 10. What does ‘Namu Amida Butsu mean’? 11. Which is now the largest sect of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan? 12. Who founded this sect? When? 13.Name two secular things members of this larger sect can do

QUESTIONS ON PURE LAND BUDDHISM 14. How did Maitreya’s concept change in light of Pure Land Buddhism? 15.When did Pure Land monastic life become unpopular? Why? 16.Give a list of what you feel might be some of the attractions of Pure Land Buddhism.