CONTENTS · 48 SECTIONS

Infinite Life Sutra — 48-chapter edition

Venerable Thích Đức Niệm; Chinese compilation by Hạ Liên Cư

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Chapter 1 — The Sacred Assembly
Chapter 2 — Following Samantabhadra's Virtues
Chapter 3 — The Occasion for the Great Teaching
Chapter 4 — Dharmākara's Earlier Practice
Chapter 5 — Wholehearted Diligence
Chapter 6 — Making the Great Vows
Chapter 7 — Resolving to Attain Perfect Awakening
Chapter 8 — Accumulating Merit and Virtue
Chapter 9 — Complete Accomplishment
Chapter 10 — Aspiring Together to Buddhahood
Chapter 11 — The Purity and Adornment of the Land
Chapter 12 — Light Shining Everywhere
Chapter 13 — The Immeasurable Lifespan of the Assembly
Chapter 14 — Jewelled Trees Throughout the Land
Chapter 15 — The Bodhi Tree and Place of Awakening
Chapter 16 — Dwellings and Pavilions
Chapter 17 — Springs and Ponds of Merit
Chapter 18 — Rare and Beyond the Ordinary World
Chapter 19 — Complete Provision
Chapter 20 — Virtuous Breezes and Rains of Flowers
Chapter 21 — Jewelled Lotuses and Buddha Light
Chapter 22 — Assured Attainment of the Ultimate Fruition
Chapter 23 — Praise by Buddhas of the Ten Directions
Chapter 24 — Three Grades of Birth in the Pure Land
Chapter 25 — The Proper Causes of Birth in the Pure Land
Chapter 26 — Worship, Offerings and Hearing the Dharma
Chapter 27 — Verses Praising the Buddha's Virtues
Chapter 28 — The Radiance of the Great Bodhisattvas
Chapter 29 — The Vast and Deep Power of Vows
Chapter 30 — Bodhisattva Practice
Chapter 31 — True Merit and Virtue
Chapter 32 — Joy Without Exhaustion
Chapter 33 — Encouragement and Exhortation
Chapter 34 — The Opening of Understanding
Chapter 35 — Evil and Suffering in a Defiled World
Chapter 36 — Repeated Encouragement
Chapter 37 — Like a Poor Person Finding Treasure
Chapter 38 — Light Appears as the Buddha Is Honoured
Chapter 39 — Maitreya Describes What He Sees
Chapter 40 — The Borderland and the City of Doubt
Chapter 41 — Ending Doubt and Seeing the Buddha
Chapter 42 — Bodhisattvas Born in the Pure Land
Chapter 43 — Not a Lesser Path
Chapter 44 — Assurance of Awakening
Chapter 45 — The Continued Preservation of This Sutra
Chapter 46 — Diligent and Steadfast Practice
Chapter 47 — Hearing Through Merit and Wisdom
Chapter 48 — The Assembly's Response to the Teaching

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