# Why is the Pure Land in the West?

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Podcast: [Pure Land Buddhism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pure-land-buddhism-7861578)
Published: 2026-05-22T14:37:23+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Shifu Shengchi explains why Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land is described as being in the West, and how the Pure Land is in fact boundless and beyond ordinary concepts of direction and space. Namo Amitabha Buddha 🪷🙏 Namo Amituofo 🪷 Hai Hui Shan Foundation (Australia) website: https://haihuishan.au 🪷 Official Dharma contents website: https://www.pure-land-buddhism.com

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