The Pure Land attempted to change and remold people through their surroundings, by providing an environment more conducive to self-purification. Although people who reached this plane of existence would no longer have to return to the mortal world, if they did not make the effort to cultivate themselves, they would never be able to really leave behind suffering and attain bliss.
淨土嘗試以境界改變人脫胎換骨，因此提供一個更適合修行的環境，人到此生命層次雖可以不退轉，但在此還不用功修行，就無法真正離苦得樂，永遠畢不了業。