Where is the Buddhist paradise?

In The Journey to the West, learning from the scriptures refers to the western paradise in the Buddhist concept, namely "Sukhavati" in Sanskrit, which means "a happy place". According to Buddhist legend, the Western Heaven is a world established by Amitabha, a place that all monks will eventually reach, and also a place that all kind ordinary people can finally reach.

In the real world, there is no paradise in the west. Western Heaven is an abstract concept in the Buddhist concept, representing an ideal world and a realm beyond the mortal world. So the paradise in the west is not a specific place now, but an abstract concept.

However, because the Western Heaven is of great significance in Buddhist legends, many Buddhists will imagine the Western Heaven as a real place and hope to reach it one day. In the Buddhist temples in China, there are also many statues dedicated to the Western Heaven, expressing their reverence and yearning for the Western Heaven.

In the Journey to the West, the Tang Priest's purpose is to go to the Western Heaven to retrieve the true scriptures, so that the believers in China can obtain the compassion and redemption of Buddhism. Learning from the West is one of the most famous legends in The Journey to the West and one of the most influential legends in China culture.