Who Loves Dies Well is a moving introduction to Pureland Buddhism. Under - represented in literature, Pureland Buddhism, also called Amida Buddhism, is closely concerned with the complex relationship between life and death. It is both about going to heaven and about heaven on earth; a thoroughly spiritual form of Buddhism, yet very practical in its recognition of human limitation. It is for ordinary people for all of us who make mistakes and weep with the sorrows of life.

Read here the intimacy of Buddhist spiritual life, unique yet universal, laid bare by confrontation with death and a son's love for his mother in her final days.