Discourse on the Pure Land

The Discourse on the Pure Land (Ch: Jìngtǔ lùn 浄土論, Jp: Jōdō ron; Sanskrit reconstruction: *Sukhāvatīvyūhopadeśa; T. 1524) is an Indic Buddhist treatise on Pure Land Buddhist practice attributed to Vasubandhu. The full title of the work in Chinese translates to Verses of Aspiration: An Upadeśa on the Amitāyus Sūtra (Ch: Wúliángshòujīng yōupótíshè yuànshēng jié 無量壽經優婆提舍願生偈, T.1524).

The Jìngtǔ lùn is said to have been translated into Chinese by the Indian monk Bodhiruci (6th century CE). It is one of the most important scriptures in Pure Land Buddhism alongside the three Pure Land sutras.

The Discourse on the Pure Land is also the basis for an influential commentary by the Pure Land patriarch Tanluan, the Jingtu lun zhu (浄土論註; T. 1819).

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