A Debate about the Pure Land and Tuṣita of Chinkai’s 珍海 Annyō chisoku sōtai-shō 安養知足相対抄

Abstract

In this paper, I examine how Chinkai 珍海 （1091–1152） debated faith in Amida Buddha and in Maitreya. In his Annyō chisoku sōtai-shō 安養知足相対抄 （T. 2685, 1146）, Chinkai added seven new points of view and asserted that it is easier to be born in the Pure Land than in Tuṣita. In addition, Chinkai responded to the new problem that in the Pure Land, one must spend much time within a lotus calynx, and it is impossible to meet the Buddha immediately.