The Pure Land in Buddhism is an independent objective time-space being (reality). But in the Buddhist literature like The Sutra of Hui Neng or The Sixth Patriarchs Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra, it is clear that the idea of Pure Land appears in the non-realist sense. This idea is in accordance with the contemporary Western non-realist thought of Christian theology.Basically, the faith of Christianity is realist. However,only a few of the Kingdom descriptions can be found in the Bible, and the interpretations of the Kingdom described in the lection are ambiguous. Anyhow ,the existence of the Kingdom is a reality ,and it is not a physical one out t here but a kind of inner psychological feeling or experience. The Kingdom is in our heart ,but it is not independent of our preparation and creation. Jesus told us t hat we should be as a child in order to enter the Kingdom. Here 〃as a child〃implies that we need to surpass the dualistic way of thinking. Adequate lections have shown that a non-realist idea of Kingdom is possible ,although the word of Jesus may be interpreted differently.
