We find in the chapter of Buddha's land (Fotu zhang 仏土章) in Ji's 基 Dacheng fayuan yilin zhang 大乗法苑義林章 his discussion of the body and land of the Buddha Amitabha. Here it is stated that Amitabha's pure land combines the sambhoga-kaya and nirmana-kaya lands. However, in the chapter on buddha-kaya, Sanshen yilin 三身義林 in the same work, there is a description which emphasizes that Amitabha is sambhoga-kaya, this opinion being justified by many scriptural citations. Especially Ji's interpretations of the Guyinsheng jing 鼓音聲経 and the Guanyin shouji jing 観音授記経 are unique and original. Ji did not accept the theory of Pure Land Buddhism (Jingtujiao 浄土教) that ordinary people (fanfu 凡夫) would be able to be born in a sambhoga-kaya's land only by invocation of Amitabha. But I wish to point out in this paper that he was very interested in the fact that Amitabha is a sambhoga-kaya.
