Many Taoists venerate Laozi as Daotsu the founder of the school of Dao, the Daode Tianjun in the Three Pure Ones, one of the eight elders transformed from Taiji in the Chinese creation myth.

* The Chinese Buddhist monk Huiyuan, who founded the Pure Land Buddhism sect and the monastery on Mount Lushan, writes the book On Why Monks Do Not Bow Down Before Kings in this year.

Through his efforts, Amitābha created the " Pure Land " ( 净土, Chinese: jìngtŭ ; Japanese: jōdo ; Vietnamese: tịnh độ ) called Sukhāvatī ( Sanskrit: " possessing happiness ").

Mount Lu, where the Chinese Pure Land tradition was founded.

Pure Land sutras were brought from the Gandhāra region to China as early as 147 CE, when the Kushan monk Lokakṣema began translating the first Buddhist sūtras into Chinese.

The main teaching of the Chinese Pure Land tradition is based on focusing the mind with Mindfulness of the Buddha ( Skt.

In Chinese Buddhism, there is a related practice called the " dual path of Chán and Pure Land cultivation ", which is also called the " dual path of emptiness and existence.

In Chinese Buddhism, Pure Land practice never became a sect of Buddhism separate from general Mahāyāna practice.

The Ōbaku Zen school retains many Chinese features such as mindfulness of Amitābha Buddha through recitation, and recitation of the Pure Land sūtras.

Pure Tibetan pop is heavily influenced by light Chinese rock, and includes best-sellers like Jampa Tsering and Yatong.

In time, Chinese Yogācāra was weakened due to competition with other Chinese Buddhist traditions such as Tiantai, Huayan, Chan, and Pure Land.

Pure Land sūtras were brought from the Gandhāra region to China as early as 147 CE, when the Kushan monk Lokakṣema began translating the first Buddhist sūtras into Chinese.

Major Influences: Chinese Jingtu Zong ( 净土宗 " Pure Land "), Tendai

Nianfo ( Chinese: 念佛, pinyin: niànfó ; Japanese: 念仏 nembutsu ; Korean: 염불 yeombul ; Vietnamese: niệm Phật ), is a term commonly seen in the Pure Land school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Taoism ( 道教 ; Daojiao in Chinese ) refers to a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions and concepts, born in China itself in the 6th century BCE and it's traditionally traced to the composition of the Tao Te Ching attributed to the sage Laozi, a person who subsequently came to be venerated by Taoist as Daode Tianjun in the Three Pure Ones.

As with many modern Chinese Buddhist temples, the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism.

The Qingming Festival (, Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong,, Ryukyuan: shīmī ) Pure Brightness Festival or Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice ( or the 15th day from the Spring Equinox ), usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar ( see Chinese calendar ).

The temple, like its mother temple in Taiwan, practices Humanistic Buddhism, which incorporates all of the eight traditional schools of Chinese Buddhism-especially the Linji Chan and Pure Land schools-to provide guidance deemed most useful to modern life.

Mahayana Buddhist Pure Land sūtras were brought from the Gandhara region to China as early as 147 CE, when the Kushan bhikkhu Lokakṣema began translating the first Buddhist sūtras into Chinese.

He translated six Buddhist texts to Chinese in 258 at China's famous White Horse Temple, including the Infinite Life Sutra, an important sutra in the Pure Land Buddhism.

Followers of the Tao ( The Way ) adhere to the teachings of the ancient Chinese religious philosophy of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism, also known as the Pure One, Celestial Worthy of the Way, or Tai Shang Lao Jun The Talismanic and Register Sect of mainstream Taoism is seen as the most influential through the numerous presence of spiritual mediums.

Pure fire ( the stars ) is in the heavens.

Pure water is neutral with respect to acidity or basicity because the concentration of hydroxide ions is always equal to the concentration of hydronium ions.

Acadia is organized into four faculties: Arts, Pure & Applied Science, Professional Studies and Theology.

The simplest alkene is ethylene ( C < sub > 2 </ sub > H < sub > 4 </ sub >), which has the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC ) name ethene.

Uncharacteristically, Jefferson's first two recordings from this session were gospel songs (" I Want to be like Jesus in my Heart " and " All I Want is that Pure Religion "), released under the name Deacon L. J. Bates.

The standard nomenclature of chemical substances is set by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC ).

For purposes of international communication and trade, the official names of the chemical elements both ancient and more recently recognized are decided by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC ), which has decided on a sort of international English language, drawing on traditional English names even when an element's chemical symbol is based on a Latin or other traditional word, for example adopting " gold " rather than " aurum " as the name for the 79th element ( Au ).

* Pure water is nearly colorless.

Pure carnivores such as ferets lack β-carotene 15, 15 '- monooxygenase and cannot convert any carotenoids to retinals at all ( resulting in carotenes not being a form of vitamin A for this species ); while cats can convert a trace of β-carotene to retinol, although the amount is totally insufficient for meeting their daily retinol needs.

Ignored by many in " critical realist " circles, however, is that Kant's immediate impetus for writing his " Critique of Pure Reason " was to address problems raised by David Hume's skeptical empiricism which, in attacking metaphysics, employed reason and logic to argue against the knowability of the world and common notions of causation.

As developed in Hayek's The Pure Theory of Capital, the goal is the preservation of the unique information contained in the price itself.

Pure European population is not known because the country combines mestizos with whites.

Pure gold is too soft for day-to-day monetary use and is typically hardened by alloying with copper, silver or other base metals.

Pure gold is designated as 24k.

Pure Motor Hemiparesis, a form of hemiparesis characterized by sided weakness in the leg, arm, and face, is the most commonly diagnosed form of hemiparesis.

Pure honey is considered kosher even though it is produced by a flying insect, a nonkosher creature ; other products of nonkosher animals are not kosher.

Pure hydrocodone is a more strictly controlled Schedule II drug and sold by compounding pharmacies.

Pure iron is soft ( softer than aluminium ), but is unobtainable by smelting.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC, or ) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists in individual countries.

The section Paralogisms of Pure Reason is an implicit critique of Descartes ' idealism.

Central to the Pure Theory of Law is the notion of a ' basic norm ( Grundnorm )'— a hypothetical norm, presupposed by the jurist, from which in a hierarchy all ' lower ' norms in a legal system, beginning with constitutional law, are understood to derive their authority or ' bindingness '.