They wished to be reborn in Amida Buddha's Pure Land.
This painting depicts the Western Pure Land.
Pure Land Buddhism
Abbreviated contextual use for Pure Land Buddhism or a Pure Land tradition; in ordinary writing the fuller forms 浄土教 or a school name such as 浄土宗 are often clearer.
In the context of religious history, Jōdo may be used as an abbreviation for Pure Land Buddhism.
He passed away chanting the nembutsu and was reborn in the Pure Land.
Many people keep chanting the nembutsu, aspiring to reach the Pure Land.
地獄 (hell) is the Buddhist realm of suffering set in direct opposition to 浄土 (the Pure Land of bliss).
A Sino-Japanese Buddhist term written with 浄, 'pure, clean,' and 土, 'land.' This component explanation reflects the conventional meaning of the spelling rather than a detailed historical derivation.