borderland　辺地 This is synonymous with land of indolence and pride, womb-palace, and city of doubt, all describing that realms into which Pure Land Buddhists are born, but which lie outside the Pure Land. They are for those who still cling to self-power and who have yet to realize fully the shinjin of Other Power. Thus, they are born in the borderland, next to the Pure Land, or in the land of indolence and pride where they continue to indulge themselves in self-gratifications, or in the womb of the Pure Land where they are enclosed withing a limited vision as if contained withing a womb, or in the city of doubt where they are imprisoned in their own self-centered uncertainties.