Visualization Sutra

 

          The Buddha said to Ananda and Vaidehi, "When the visualization of the water has been achieved, each image should be clearly seen whether the eyes are shut or open, and should be constantly kept in your mind except when sleeping.  Accordingly, these images are called the general perception of the ground of the Realm of Ultimate Bliss.  If you succeed in realizing the state of samadhi, seeing the ground of that land so clearly and distinctly that it cannot be adequately described, then it is the perception of the ground which is called the Third Visualization."

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          The Buddha said to Ananda, "You are the keeper of the Buddha's discourses for future generations and for the benefit of the multitudes of beings who wish to be liberated from suffering.  For them I proclaim the Dharma of visualizing the ground.  If they can visualize the ground, the evil karma binding them to birth-and=death for eight hundred million aeons is eliminated, and when they take leave of this life, they will assuredly be born into the Pure Land with a heart that is free of doubt.  To do this visualization is called the right visualization; to do another is called an incorrect visualization."

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