化土

one of the [lang id =1028]三土 three kinds of lands, or realms; it is any land or realm whose inhabitants are subject to reincarnation; any land which a Buddha is converting, or one in which is the transformed body of a Buddha. These lands are of two kinds, pure like the Tusita heaven, and vile or unclean like this world. Tiantai defines the (zh) huatu or the transformation realm of Amitābha as the Pure-land of the West, but other schools speak of (zh) huatu as the realm on which depends the (sa) nirmāṇakāya, with varying definitions.

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佛變化身所住的國土， 此中有淨土與穢土的分別， 如娑婆是穢土的化土， 兜率是淨土的化土。