The monk Huiyuan gathers monks and laymen at Donglin Temple on Mount Lu to vow rebirth in Amitabha's Pure Land; the society becomes the remembered fountainhead of Chinese Pure Land practice, and Mount Lu its sacred mountain.
The Event
- Date
- 402 (approximate)
- Era
- Classical; Standard periodization of Buddhist history
- Location
- Mount Lu; today Jiangxi, China
- Traditions
- Buddhism
- Streams
- Pure Land
- Key figures
- Huiyuan
Primary Sources
- The biographies of eminent monks (Gaoseng zhuan)
Secondary Sources
- Buswell and Lopez, The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton, 2014)
- Snelling, The Buddhist Handbook (Inner Traditions, 1998)
Provenance: HIST-0410; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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