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.

Establishing headquarters in the village of Hiraizumi, he devoted the last decades of his life to creating a Buddhist heaven on Earth, where the souls of friends and enemies, both human and animal ...

In Pure Land: A True Story of Three Lives, Three Cultures, and the Search for Heaven on Earth, author Annette McGivney brings journalistic rigor, historical knowledge, a love of outdoor adventure ...

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Pure Earth, along with implementing partners and funding advisors, is scheduled to visit Ghana from 8th to 14th July 2025.Andrew McCartor, President and ...

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 ...

NASA personnel are keeping a very close eye on some six tons of space junk hurtling toward Earth. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, also known as UARS, is expected to fall out of the sky by ...

This exceptional example of a political and administrative center created with the aim of realizing the Pure Land as the Buddhist ideal world on earth would continue to have a lasting impact on the ...

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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 ...