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Core Kyoto S7E6 — Amida Buddha: Prayers for Guidance to the Pure Land

Core Kyoto•Season 7•Episode 6

Amida Buddha: Prayers for Guidance to the Pure Land

May 16, 201928 min

Buddhists faithful intone "Namu Amida Butsu" in ardent prayer to Amida Buddha for the release from suffering and death in this world into the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. "Namu" means to embrace or take refuge in something. In this ideology, believers supplicate for a

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Gary Tegler

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Episode Summary

"Amida Buddha: Prayers for Guidance to the Pure Land" is episode 6 of Core Kyoto season 7. It aired on May 16, 2019.

Next: E7 · Kyoto-style Sushi: Artful, Beautiful and Delicious Best of Season 7