Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

Amitabha's Sukhavati is like this. This is because
Sukhavati is produced by the merits of the Nirmanakaya
who is always shown in a monk's robes. The
Sambhogakaya Amitabha has a Land where in
splendour he is attended by sixty-four sisters and on this
account is based the "sister samadhi" practiced in Japan.
It is not good to make vows excluding women from
one's Pure Land. To worship the numberless Buddhas,
as one has vowed to do, one might set out from
Sukhavati and come to Lands where there were many
females—then how would one control the mind if it
could not be done in the seclusion of Sukhavati!
I have made nine no-death vows, and this idea is not
permissible in the exoteric yanas, being contrary to the
teachings of impermanence there. With these vows I
aim to get in this life a wisdom-light body in which to
accomplish numberless Bodhi-karmas. Whenever it is
obtained it will, of course, be in this life.
Now I want to introduce my Ten Fundamental Vows to
readers:
(1) May I abide in the highest mystic Buddha stage to
reward with gratitude the four benefactors (the guru, the
Buddha, parents, and one's patrons—sometimes the last
one is all sentient beings).
(2) May I abide in the non-self nature of Dharma to save
all the beings in the three evil realms of existence (of
hell-beings, animals, and ghosts).
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