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Itivuttaka - ref #A0305
By Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
The Itivuttaka, a collection of 112 short discourses, takes its name from the statement at the begining of each of its discourses: this (iti) was said (vuttam) by the Blessed One. The collection as a whole is attributed to a laywoman named Khujjuttara, who worked in the palace of king Udena of Kosambi as a servant to one of his queens, Samavati. Because the Queen could not leave the palace to hear the Buddha's discourses, Khujjuttara went in her place, memorized what the Buddha said, and then returned to the palace to teach thE Queen and her 500 ladies-in-waiting. For her efforts, the Buddha cited Khujjuttara as the foremost of his laywoman disciples in terms of her learning.
The name of the Itivuttaka is included in the standard early list of the nine divisions of the Buddha's teachings - a list that predates the organization of the Pali Canon as we now know it.
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Pure-land Zen ref #A0306
By Patriarch Yin Kuang
Translated by Master Thich Thien Tam
This book is a translation of selected passages from the letters of Elder Master Yin Kuang, the Thirteenth Patriarch of Pure Land. The original Chinese titles are Yin Kuang Fa Shih Wen Ch'ao and Yin Kuang Ta Shih Chia Yen Lu. The Vietnamese version is entitled La'Thut Tinh Do, Thich Thien Tam translator.
The Pure Land school as presented in this book originated in India and is currently practiced in this form throughout Asia. In Japan, the school is divided into two major branches, the Jodo (Pure Land) school and the Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) school. While the teachings of the Jodo school are substantially the same as those described here, in the case of Jodo Shinshu (also known outside Japan as the Buddhist Churches of Faith in Amitabha Buddha and His Original Vow to save all sentient beings
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