Kanas – A Pure Land on Earth Located in the heart of the Altay Mountains and bordering Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, the Kanas nature reserve sticks up in the northwestern corner of China.

In Pure Land, McGivney brings journalistic rigor, historical knowledge, a love of outdoor adventure, and beautiful writing to a true-crime story that is also a memoir of her own abusive ...

This video explores Pure Land Buddhism, a major branch of Mahayana Buddhism often misunderstood in the West. It presents the concept of countless purified realms—pure lands—inhabited by cosmic ...

We’re wrapping up our first ever Outside Beyond Books Club pick this month: Pure Land: A True Story of Three Lives, Three Cultures, and the Search for Heaven on Earth by Annette McGivney. Now it ...

But when nothing assuaged his sorrow, Fujiwara decided to create a Buddhist paradise on Earth to console the souls of the dead. JTB Photo/Getty Chuson-ji houses more than 3,000 national treasures ...

During the days of the samurai, Feudal Japan was like Game of Thrones in real life, with countless tales of familial betrayal and revenge, political intrigue and empires won and lost. That’s why ...

The remains of the complex of temples and gardens in Hiraizumi are symbolic manifestations of the Buddhist Pure Land on this earth. Integrity. The property encompasses the remains of the temple ...