What Does the Pure Land Mean to the Pandemic

06/28/2020 Temple / Buddha Land

Holy Master Ziguang Shang Shi delivered a discourse on the meaning of the Pure Land during the pandemic:

When the pandemic is raging and new coronavirus cases are surging across the world, people cry out for help. Lives are being lost—it is truly dreadful.

In their despair, people suddenly see a beam of light, hear a sound, and glimpse a path… Where is the Pure Land of Bliss? Where is Noah's Ark? Where are the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas? Where is God?

We need to tell them that there is a Pure Land of Bliss on the earth – the Holy Mountain Buddha Land. We need to tell them that there is Light, and this Light can guide them into the Holy Mountain Buddha Land, so that those who are still living may hear the calling of Angels and the calling of Buddhas.