RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Question
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Pure Land Buddhism was especially popular among lay practitioners since it offered ____
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equal rights to women.
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a way to escape rebirth on earth without commitment to a monastic lifestyle.
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a way to attain nirvana without becoming a bodhisattva first.
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salvation to anyone who meditated daily.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It spread to China where there was a strong cult of Amitabha by the 2nd century CE, and then spread to Japan around the 6th century CE. Pure Land Buddhism received a major boost to its popularity in the 12th century with the simplifications made by Honen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pure Land Buddhism is arguably the most commonly practiced form of Buddhism in the world. Yet in English-language academic and popular writing it is largely ignored, or wholly misunderstood. The Pure Land teachings are fundamental to Mahayana philosophy, ritual, meditation, art, and scripture.
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