Comment by Magikarpeles on 04/02/2025 at 06:01 UTC

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View submission: I have extreme difficulties understanding why Pure Land Buddhism is classified as Mahayana.

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Do pure land buddhists follow the eightfold path and keep precepts?

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Comment by LackZealousideal5694 at 04/02/2025 at 08:11 UTC

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Whoever wishes to be born there should practice three acts of merit: first, caring for one's parents, attending to one's teachers and elders, compassionately refraining from killing, and doing the ten good deeds; second, taking the three refuges, keeping the various precepts and refraining from breaking the rules of conduct; and third, awakening aspiration for Enlightenment, believing deeply in the law of causality, chanting the Mahayana sutras and encouraging people to follow their teachings. These three are called the pure karma."

From the Contemplation Sutra, already quoted above.