Japanese Pure Land Oracle Cards

These oracle cards are designed to help you receive the teachings of Jodo Shinshu. They come with a painting of the Pure Land and a detailed explanatory booklet.

48 oracle cards packed with the teachings of the Pure Land.

The Jodo sect, founded by Saint Honen, taught that one can enter the Pure Land in the next life simply by chanting the Nembutsu with single-minded heart.

It was Saint Shinran who revealed the meaning of the Nembutsu and founded the Jodo Shinshu sect, which emphasizes the importance of "believing in and accepting the great compassion of Amida Buddha."

These oracle cards pack the teachings of Jodo Shinshu as taught by Saint Shinran into 48 cards.

These cards are named after the 48 vows made by Bodhisattva Dharmakara, the predecessor of Amida Buddha.

A thorough yet gentle and thorough explanation

Author Kozen Suemoto, the 20th chief priest of Shofukuji Temple, a Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect Buddhist temple, provides precise, concise, and easy-to-understand explanations that are accessible even to those unfamiliar with the teachings of Amida Buddha, greatly helping them to receive the messages conveyed by the cards.

Learn the teachings of the Pure Land one by one, while feeling that the saving power emanating from Amida Buddha's sincere heart is reaching you right now, and that you will never be abandoned.

A stunning illustration of the Pure Land

Artist Takayuki Terakado, who also creates illustrations for oracle cards such as "Lemurian Cards" (Visionary Company) and "Angel Cards" (Natural Spirit), has created a "Pure Land" that manifests a world never before seen. This card depicts the Pure Land established by Amida Buddha's original vow in exquisite detail. The vibrant beauty of this world, where you can almost hear the sounds of birds and babbling water, stirs the soul of every beholder.

A drop of Pure Land on each card

Each card depicts a portion of the Pure Land. Each card reveals Amida Buddha's wisdom, and through each teaching, you can receive a message for us who live in this world.

We experience many dramatic events every day. Everyone's life is filled with pain, sadness, and suffering. There will be times when things don't go as planned and you feel depressed.

At times, you may suddenly come to your senses and realize that your own desires have caused you suffering. At times, you may be so focused on fulfilling your desires that you lose sight of everything else.

It is said that Amida Buddha offers a helping hand to us, at all times and in all circumstances. This world is always teaching us that it is in fact connected to the Pure Land, and that it is a place where Buddhas and Bodhisattvas work.

What we need to do is trust in the boundless compassion of Amida Buddha, who has vowed to "save us to the Pure Land," accept it, and chant the nembutsu.

Simply open your heart wholeheartedly and honestly, and try to come into contact with the boundless compassion of Amida Buddha. The trust that "we are always saved" will clear away the clouds that hang over your mind.