QUESTION: If everyone is equal in the assuredness of their place in Pureland, does this not discourage people from efforts to behave nobly (e.g. following the Noble Eightfold Path)? How does this relate to the Buddha’s teaching of the Four Noble Truths? SHORT ANSWER: The eightfold path is a natural outcome of true faith and nobody enters the Pureland without faith. LONG ANSWER: In my understandin…