The Collection on the Land of Peace and Bliss

A major work of Pure Land Buddhist thought, The Collection on the Land of Peace and Bliss (Anle ji / 安樂集) by the monk Daochuo offers a powerful and systematic exposition of faith in Amitābha Buddha and rebirth in the Western Pure Land, gathering scripture, doctrinal argument and practical exhortation into a vision of the path for an age of spiritual decline.

The ritual codes, philosophical discourses, educational primers and religious classics that shaped Chinese civilization for over two millennia. Where the narrative classics tell China’s stories, these texts encode its institutions, its ethics and its inner life.