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“Basing their teaching on the essay on the Amitabha Sutra by the great monk Van The, the Vietnamese Zen masters have thus realized a synthetic doctrine combining Zen and the Pure Land practices that suits the masses of the people. Except for the pure Zen monasteries, almost every pagoda in Vietnam practices this combined Zen-Pure Land doctrine.”

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Book:Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire

Source: Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire

“People have lost faith in God and the Kingdom of God because they have put God in the wrong place. If they put God in the right place, in their own heart, the spiritual crisis will come to an end. This is a spiritual and a cultural matter. In the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions there are people who have discovered that God does not belong to the future or to another place.”

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Book:Enjoying the Ultimate: Commentary on the Nirvana Chapter of the Chinese Dharmapada

Source: Enjoying the Ultimate: Commentary on the Nirvana Chapter of the Chinese Dharmapada

“So, without telling any of my Zen-snob buddies, I liked to pretend everything was the Pure Land, that my life was already perfect as it was.”

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Book:Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea

Source: Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea

“If we want the lotus bud to appear, it will appear. If we want it to grow, it will grow. When the lotus flower in our heart has grown, wherever we walk the Pure Land appears.”

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Author:Thich Nhat Hanh