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The Land of Bliss, The Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light: Sanskrit and Chinese Versions of the Sukhavativyuha Sutras (Studies in the Buddhist Traditions) (96th Edition) by Luis O. Gomez (Translator) Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-8248-1760-5 / 0824817605 ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-1760-2 / 9780824817602 This is a free translation of two Buddhist texts on what is arguably the most popular of all Buddhist conceptions of an ideal world, the "Land of Bliss" of the Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. The two texts, known to Western students of Buddhism as the "Smaller" and "Larger" Sukhavatiy |