Sukhavati

(also: Amitahba Buddha Paradise Kingdom; Western Paradise Sukhavati) Sukhavati, the Western Pure Land presided over by Amitabha Buddha, is the main focus of devotion in the Pure Land school of Chinese Buddhism, and the Pure Land (Shinshu) and True Pure Land (Jodo Shinshu) schools of Buddhism in Japan. In this paradise, there is no suffering or hardship, only happiness, purity, and safety. Anyone can be reborn to the land by reciting Amitabha’s name with complete sincerity and concentration. Despite the fact that people are reborn in Sukhavati carrying the full karmic weight of their actions in past lives, life there is so tranquil that they are able to devote complete attention to Buddhist practice, thereby breaking the karmic cycle and attaining enlightenment.