The Amida School is a denomination of Buddhism rooted in the Japanese Pureland tradition. We are nembutsu practitioners: a Buddhism of faith, modesty, social engagement, non-discrimination and universalist spirituality. The following is an extract from the constitutional document of the Amida Order and School:

1. Members: Persons who take the Five Refuges and affirm their adherence to the standards and ordinances of the Amida School (Amida-shu), particularly those set out in paragraphs 3 to 8 below inclusive, shall be considered members of that school provided that they reaffirm their commitment in a formal ceremony after one year and thereafter at least once every three years. Such shall be known as “those having a karmic affinity with Amitabha Buddha” and may be referred to as Amida Buddhists.
2. Congregations: Members of the Amida School who live in geographical proximity and hold a weekly meeting for a year or longer together with one or more Order members may be recognised as a congregation of the Amida School. The appropriate convocation to make a decision to recognise a congregation shall be that to which the most senior Order member involved belongs. Decisions to recognise a convocation shall be make known to the Order and recorded in the Minutes of the Order.
3. Teaching: The Amida School is a form of Pureland Buddhism, affirming the trikaya nature of Buddha, the bonpu nature of the adherent, and the primacy of nembutsu among Buddhist practices.
4. Non-discrimination: In the Amida School there is to be no discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, sexual orientation or worldly status.
5. Texts: The Amida School recognises the value of all Buddhist canonical texts and commentaries, regards none as infallible, and gives special attention to the Three Pure Land Sutras, together with the Lotus and Pratyutpanna Samadhi Sutras.
6. Buddhas & Bodhisattvas: The Amida School reveres Amida Buddha as the Buddha of the ancient past who remains the Buddha present for us in spirit; Shakyamuni Buddha as the Buddha of this historical era; and Maitreya Buddha as the Buddha of the future age; together with Quan Shi Yin, Tai Shi Chi and all the other great bodhisattva saviours and exemplars.
   
7. Sages & Ancestors: The Amida School honours all Buddhist sages and ancestors of all schools and particularly reveres the sages Shan Tao and Honen, their teachers and disciples.
   
8. Mission: The mission of the Amida School shall be to foster Pureland Buddhist faith and its application for the spiritual, social, psychological and practical benefit of all sentient beings, individually and collectively, past, present and future, here and hereafter.