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Abstract This article considers the unique case of the birds in Amitābha’s Pure Land, Sukhāvatī. Pure Land scriptures highlight the two main roles of the birds: their ornamental beauty and their amplification of the Dharma through their birdsong. In addition to the scriptures, the birds appear in Chinese commentarial and liturgical literature and popular tales. Although scriptures indicate that the birds are Amitābha’s skillful creations, they provided a familiar connection in this life to the Pure Land for those who aspired to be reborn there. This allowed for Pure Land practitioners...

Look for extremely low water levels to return this winter December 19, 2020 Reading time: 3 min By Phillip Blancher, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Low water levels approved for January-February 2021 Another deviation from the Plan 2014 water management plan for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River was approved by the International Joint Commission. The approved plan will see more water drained out of Lake Ontario to help mitigate shoreline flooding next spring. In January 2020, the IJC approved a similar plan which saw water levels on lowered well ...