Amidism
Amidism:
see Pure Land BuddhismPure Land Buddhismor Amidism,
devotional sect of Mahayana Buddhism in China and Japan, centering on worship of the Buddha Amitabha. According to the Pure Land Sutras, composed in India in the 2d cent. A.D.
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