OR: Do you want your buddhism to be basically weird christianity pureland.jpeg.
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yes. Japan has some sweet crack.
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Japan is so Christ-haunted that it kinda blows my mind
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Pure Land comes BEFORE CHRISTIANITY too. The Jesuits saw it and were like "wat is this"
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OHH The Plot Thickens...
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The japanese *love* short cut buddhism. But not esotericism. Buddhist Japan isn't elitist. Tibetians are pure crack all day long.
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buddy you're forgetting the crazy stuff the Shingon guys get up to
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yes but estoriic buddhism doesn't last in Japan like it does in other places.
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No, Pure Land started in India, became briefly dominant in China, and stayed dominant in Japan much longer.
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ah, mea culpa.
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