> We see all kinds of orientations, where someone's neck is twisted, you can see their chin is pointing right, the chin is pointing left, the chin is pointing up... I see everybody misaligned in some gross or subtle way. When they get activated and the Qi is flowing in deep meditation, the Qi is going to want to jump that gap, pass through that gate into the brain. And what's going to happen there?

> The Pure Land was often very concretely present in the Chinese landscape or made present through ritual practice, but it was not owned by a single religious tradition.