The Patriarchal Lineage of the Pure Land Teaching - Master Shandao
善導大師
Master Shandao was an incarnation of Amitabha, who established the Pure Land school. The characteristics of the Pure Land School are - Name-recitation in accordance with Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow, Rebirth of All Beings in the Pure Land’s Realm of Rewards, and Non - Retrogression Assured in the Present Lifetime. They are definitive in all time periods.
善導大師,彌陀化身,創淨土宗,楷定古今,本願稱名,凡夫入報,平生業成,現生不退。
Namo Amituofo!