Pure Land Buddhism teaches that though life is suffering as the Buddha taught, we are not born to suffer. We are born for a reason, and that reason is to achieve a permanent, never-ending happiness while still alive. It is called absolute happiness, and it is just one step under Buddha's enlightenment. Once this stage is reached in this lifetime, it is assured, and upon death one then reaches enlightenment of a Buddha, a being of perfect wisdom and compassion, in the Pure Land.