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Age Book of the Year 2024: Tony Birch wins fiction prize and Ross McMullin wins non fiction

Age Book of the Year 2024: Tony Birch wins fiction prize and Ross McMullin wins non fiction
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Project MUSE - A Little Bird Told Me: The Magical Birds of the Pure Land


Abstract
This article considers the unique case of the birds in Amitābha’s Pure Land, Sukhāvatī. Pure Land scriptures highlight the two main roles of the birds: their ornamental beauty and their amplification of the Dharma through their birdsong. In addition to the scriptures, the birds appear in Chinese commentarial and liturgical literature and popular tales. Although scriptures indicate that the birds are Amitābha’s skillful creations, they provided a familiar connection in this life to the Pure Land for those who aspired to be reborn there. This allowed for Pure Land practitioners to reimagine their spaces to gain a momentary experience of the Pure Land on earth. ....

United States , Wang Yan , Guan Jing Yi Guanjing , Guannian Amituofo , Robert Campany , Reiko Ohnuma , Charles Jones , Yunqi Zhuhong , Kendall Marchman , Daniel Stevenson , Kang Sengkai , University Of Georgia , Unfortunate Destiny , Indian Buddhist Imagination , Indian Buddhist , Chinese Buddhist , Pure Land , Using Chinese Pure Land , Chinese Buddhists , Pure Land Scriptures , Smaller Sutra , Larger Sukh , Smaller Sukh , Noble Eightfold , Central Asian , Japanese Pure Land ,