>>17167781>>enlightenment or divine state of mind's only purpose is to never be reborn. (buddhas can decide to come back to help)Enlightenment also means revealing the truth behind illusion and realizing the true nature of all phenomena. It's not the Buddhas who delay enlightenment, but bodhisattvas
>>nobody agrees how long this takes, the criteria someone has to meet for itAs long as it takes to liberate all beings
>>if it takes multiple lives, you have to be lucky to be a buddhist for all of them and it assumes that reincarnated people continue on this linear progressionIf you cultivate merits and sow good karma you're assured to be reborn a buddhist
>>pointless if you don't believe or want itThe law of cause and effect works regardless of your belief
>>pureland is just chinese pagan christianityPureland was made for the simple masses, it still follows the core precepts of buddhism however
