檢視 Buddha field 的原始碼

'''Buddha field''' (Skt. ''buddhakṣetra''; Tib. <big>ཞིང་ཁམས་</big> or  <big>སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་ཞིང་</big>, [[Wyl.]] ''zhing khams'' or ''sangs rgyas kyi zhing'') or '''pure realm''' (Tib. <big>དག་པའི་ཞིང་</big>, Wyl. ''dag pa'i zhing'') — specifically, a buddha field is a pure realm manifested by a [[buddha]] or great [[bodhisattva]]. Beings born into a buddha field may travel the path towards [[enlightenment]] without falling back into the [[lower realms]]. More generally, any place that is seen as a pure manifestation of [[wisdom]] is a buddha field.

[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] says: 
:In the [[sutra]]s we can read how, on their eve of their attaining [[enlightenment]], [[bodhisattva]]s such as [[Amitabha]] would make profound prayers and tremendous offerings to all the [[buddha]]s. They prayed that they might manifest a buddha field and then emanate themselves within that buddha field, so as to bring the greatest possible benefit to all [[sentient beings]].
:From the [[Vajrayana]] perspective, however, the understanding of buddha fields is a deeper one. The root of the Vajrayana is "[[pure perception|pure vision]]", or the perception of the perfect purity of all phenomena. To enact this purity of perception, we do not perceive the place where we are now as just an ordinary place; we imagine it to be a celestial buddha field."<ref>Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, ''Guru Yoga'' (Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 1999), page 33.</ref>

Examples of buddha fields are: 
*[[Akanishtha]]—[[Vairochana]]'s buddha field, in the centre of the [[buddha fields of the five families]]
*[[Sukhavati]]—[[Amitabha]]'s buddha field, to the West
*[[Zangdokpalri]]—[[Guru Rinpoche]]'s pure land in [[Chamara]]

==Training in Pure Realms (''zhing khams sbyong ba'')==
[[Khenpo Ngakchung]] wrote:

:Then, by relying on the [[six paramitas]], we have to train in the pure vision of infinite realms. We train in both pure and impure realms. According to whichever realm we wish for, we pray: “Through the merits gained by practising the six paramitas, in the future may whichever realm, pure or impure realm, I wish to train in, come into being!” We train in them by making our merits the principal cause, and our prayers of aspiration the contributory condition. Examples of pure realms are the buddha-field of [[Manjushri]], or the ‘Blissful’ pure land of [[Sukhavati]], and impure realms are those like the buddha-field of our teacher, the Buddha.<ref>[[Zindri]] (Note that the translation differs from the published version)</ref>

[[Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]] explains that ''sbyong ba'' has the sense of preparing. In other words, by visualizing and praying and aspiring, we actually prepare and set up our pure realm for when we need it. 

==Subdivisions<ref>Based on [[Jokyab Rinpoche]], in [[Padmasambhava]] & [[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''The Light of Wisdom, Vol. 1'' (Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe, 1999), page 171.</ref>==
*celestial pure realms ([[Sukhavati]]...)
*terrestrial pure realms ([[Zangdok Palri]], [[Potala]]...)

==Notes==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/purelands/index.html Buddha Realms & Purelands Outline Page at Himalayan Art]

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