In America, Pure Land Buddhism is incorporating meditation so as to win new converts.
Indeed, each of the sutras have a new meaning, once the Buddhist Church of America priests adapt contemporary changes to meet the changing demographics of their members.
For me, I am adapting my view of the Buddha to widen my open-minded view of God. This is why panentheism appeals to me.
IMHO seeing the multiverse as divine implies that God is great because He created such diversity from the microscopic to the macroscopic level, from quanta to galaxies and every thing.
Although God is beyond oneself, and beyond being itself, in transcending every concept of what I think God is, He too imparts a divine spark to all life.
In my heart-mind, my view of God thus inspired by nature to be more than just the embodiment of the universe.
For God is both the Creator and created as one yet His essence is reflected in each and every creature under the sun. Though He is one, His works are many.
Yet, to be honest, the Godhead is the unknowable, and each of us knows only a small portion of knowledge.
Returning to Pure Land Buddhism, Amida Buddha is not a god but is an anthropomorphical representation of the boundless light of wisdom and the boundless life of compassion.
For it is both wisdom derived from experience which aids us in sharing our lives in a warm and loving way that promotes compassion. Likewise, compassion inspires us to share our spiritual experiences with others so that they too may be inspired to live a fuller life.
Thus I place my faith in Amida.
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