Venerable Haitao: What should Buddhist believers do if they accidentally eat meat?

What do you think about releasing animals to eat other animals?

What do you think about releasing animals to eat other animals? I wanted to release the grass turtles, but I heard that the Brazilian turtles were overflowing, and the grass turtles had no room to live. To understand the meaning of release. Liberation is mainly about compassion and compassion for sentient beings, seeing that life is going to be taken away, and thus

Release Q&ADate: 2025-06-23

What are the principles of life for lay Buddhists?

In addition to the Five Precepts, as a disciple of the Three Jewels at home, you should fulfill your responsibility for raising and educating your children. Children should be faithful to their parents, should not waste their parents' possessions, and should do their duty to help and support their parents when they are old or weak. student

Buddha cultureDate: 2025-06-23

Venerable Filial Piety: How do you practice Prajna and Wish?

Question: Master, in the process of practicing, how do you practice the two methods of prajna and willingness? When facing different objects, should the use of these two be emphasized? Master Ruxiao: Generally speaking, the Mahayana method is to use the power of prajna and wishes.

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-22

Venerable Jiequan: All these things that you are accustomed to are the sorrows of Buddhism

chanting Buddha beads, chanting Buddha mantras counting, changing decorations; The Buddha statue is a respectful offering, but it becomes a work of art; The monastery is a place for spiritual practice and Taoism, and it has become a tourist sightseeing; Buddhist scriptures have become academics, which is the supreme magic weapon of hearing and thinking; Meditation is the way to cultivate the Buddha's path, and it becomes a decompression and fitness;

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-20

Knowledge of Buddhism | Copying the merits of the scriptures

Master Hongyi said that the ten benefits of copying scriptures The special merits of copying scriptures not only praise the Dharma and get close to the Buddha, but also can absorb merit, be blessed by the gods, and can also eliminate disasters and eliminate sins. In the Sutra of Good and Evil Karma, it is mentioned that writing the sutra of offering has the following merits: 1. Yu

Buddha utensilsTime: 2025-06-20

On the Lotus Sutra, the Lord tells us a story. When the Lord was alive, there was an old man who asked to become a monk with the Buddha. In the past, monks had to attain fruition, and at the very least, they also had to attain the fruition of Sudra, and there were countless people who attained the fruition of Stohan, Arhat, and Bodhisattva

Pure Land MethodTime: 2025-06-20

Buddhism is like a void that encompasses all the immeasurable worlds. Just now, Professor Xu said, "The world's religions include monotheism, polytheism, and all-theism." But there is no talk of atheism, and there is no talk of theism. What is God? Wisdom and integrity are gods. What is Buddha? Buddha

The Venerable Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-06-20

Buddhism released animals at the beginning to rescue some injured small animals, and today the release is a group of people go to the vegetable market to buy some animals to release in the river, I don't know what taboos are in the release, at this time the release is not only not virtuous but still evil. Below share Buddhism

Release GuideDate: 2025-06-19

The death of "Sister Lin", the Buddhist "hospice care" surfaced, and the death of Chen Xiaoxu, who played the role of Sister Lin in the Dream of Red Mansions, in Master Daojian's essay, has attracted widespread attention in society because of the particularity of the process of "illness-ordination-death". Human

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-18

It's so special! People have donated so much to build a temple, I must donate more than her, and the merit is greater than hers. On such a special day today, you must burn incense. There are so many great masters, you must sit next to the masters to get blessings. This division

Buddha cultureDate: 2025-06-18

The Chinese nation has a long history and has the reputation of 5,000 years of civilization, and it is the only country of the world's four ancient civilizations that continues to exist to this day

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-18

Buddhist rituals originated from the early Buddhists' reverence for Shakyamuni, and gradually spread to the worship of other Buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities, and gurus. After the Buddha's extinction, the most important Buddhist ritual is the placement of the Buddha's bone relics in the stupa (stupa). therefore

Buddha cultureDate: 2025-06-18

March 6, 1984 A benevolent person loves others, is a benevolent person. This benevolence, in terms of human beings, is the manifestation of benevolence, with the idea of pushing oneself and others. As the saying goes, 'Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' Do not inflict on others what you do not want to suffer.

The Venerable Master XuanhuaDate: 2025-06-18

Buddhism is a non-profit organization, so there is no need for competition – and answer to the question of loyu8848 Venerable Wen Jian loyu8848 asked: How does Buddhism in the new era compete with other religions? How should the relationship between the Buddhist Association of China and the temples create harmony? Answer: Buddhism is a non-profit organization.

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-17

In view of the current confusion and even misunderstanding of the social function of Buddhism, which leads to widespread misunderstandings in understanding and cannot correctly treat people's physical and mental diseases, Master Ming Daojian, one of the five masters of Buddhism, hereby publishes this article on Buddhist medicine

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-17

Venerable Mingyi replied: Wouldn't it be better to have the opportunity to find freedom, when we encounter difficulties, we often want to die. I have had these thoughts myself, which is mentioned in "A Conversation with a Mother". However, now that I have studied Buddhism, I know that life is rare. Now there is

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-17

How Buddhism Can Strengthen Its Own Construction and Contribute to Economic and Social Development: Learning from the Spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Central Committee The victory of the 17th National Congress of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China indicates that China still adheres to the four basic principles under the leadership of a new generation of national leaders

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-17

How to wear Vajra Bodhi, we are indispensable to clean Vajra Bodhi when we play Vajra Bodhi, but there are many precautions for cleaning Vajra Bodhi, let's learn how to wear Vajra Bodhi together. Vajra Bodhi hand string wearing

Collect knowledgeTime: 2025-06-17

Teacher Fu: I am a layman, and I really don't understand the cause and effect of the three lives, because I don't think it can be confirmed in real life, but this is the most basic theory of Buddhism, can you please teach it? Master Mingyi replied: Look at life and death in an instant! See

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-16

How to make the Donkey Kong Bodhi red, the Vajra Bodhi is a large evergreen broad-leaved tree. Its scientific name is Elaeocarpus Ganitrus and its species is Tiliaceae. It mainly grows in the plateau area above 2,000 meters above sea level. Mainly found

Collect knowledgeTime: 2025-06-16

【Myofa Lotus】Learn a little bit of Buddhist knowledge every day; The six-character mantra is derived from Sanskrit and consists of six Tibetan letters, which is not only the prayer of Tibetan Buddhism Tantra, but also a kind of vocal public law for strengthening the body. Six words true

Buddha utensilsTime: 2025-06-15

India, the birthplace of Buddhism, is located in the tropics, so it is generally believed that monks and nuns did not wear shoes during the lifetime of Shakyamuni Buddha. In fact, it is not, according to the Zen forest elephant instrument scroll under the list of the Yang digging Mora scriptures: If there is a donor, the cattle are sold and slaughtered, and turned

Buddha utensilsTime: 2025-06-15

In 2008, a typhoon hit Myanmar, causing casualties, and then a huge earthquake struck Sichuan, China, less than half a month later, causing huge casualties. While actively rescuing the injured and sick, people are actively restoring people's livelihood and doing their best

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-13

Mysterious phenomena do not necessarily exist in religion, and non-religious people can also occur, but they treat them as illusions. As for the phenomenon of ghosts and gods in general, they are still very confused, unknowable, and unpredictable, thinking that they do not exist, but in fact they exist

Buddha cultureDate: 2025-06-13

Venerable Mingzang: I want to set up a Buddhist university, Taishou asked Yaoshan: How is the Tao? Yaoshan put his fingers up and down, saying: Will it? Tai Shou said: No. Yaoshan said: The clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle...... On April 26, 2008, Venerable Mingzang gave a lecture at Peking University on the theme of "Cloud Presence

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-12

Buddhism talks about fate, some people think that since it is fate, there will be something in life, and there is no need to force what is not in life, then good, I will accept fate, no need to bother about anything, no need to work hard, this is a wrong understanding. To learn the cause is to learn the right thoughts

Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-06-12

[1. Temple, courtyard, nunnery] temple was the name of the court institution in ancient times, such as Dali Temple Taichang Temple, and extended to the official office. In the Han Dynasty, there was a Honglu Temple to entertain guests from all over the world. Later, Buddhism was introduced to China, and the number of monks from the Western Regions increased, so it was built in Luoyang

Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-06-12

Dharma utensils are also known as Buddha utensils, Buddhist utensils, Dharma utensils or props. In a broad sense, all solemn altars in Buddhist monasteries, as well as utensils used for prayers, Dharma practices, offerings, pujas, etc., or prayer beads and even tin rods carried by Buddhists

Buddha utensilsTime: 2025-06-09

Initiates: I have a friend who has just entered Buddhism, and someone said to him, "You have a lot of karma, and there are many sentient beings on you, and the unjust creditors have locked you up, so be careful." How should we look at this? Teacher: In the process of studying Buddhism, we have correct knowledge and correct view

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-08

Initiates: Master, I would like to ask how to deal with the fact that my family has saved a lot of incense and ashes after burning incense and incense roots every day. Teacher: Be respectful, wrap the incense ash in a red cloth, and it is better to find a clean place to bury it. It's best to find a clean place to melt the vein. (July 10, 2010.)

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-08

Initiates: A relative's child has autism, but the relative doesn't believe in cause and effect, only believes in Western medicine, believes in instruments, and gives the child Western medicine, but the child is very young...... I don't know how I can help them and cure my child's illness. Teacher: This

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-07

Buddhism believes that worshipping and worshipping Buddha statues will produce and accumulate a lot of merits, and contemplating the solemnity of the Buddha and the profound and subtle teachings of Buddhism in front of the Buddha statues can lead to the realm of meditation, which can be beneficial to the practice of religion. When you want to invite a statue of Buddha and Bodhisattva

Buddha cultureTime: 2025-06-07

Initiates: If you want to become a monk, what should you say to your parents? How to deal with your social responsibility? Teacher: Not everyone can become a monk, and it takes fate, not necessarily everyone has the fate to become a monk. If you really practice for yourself, it's different

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-06

Initiates: Master, I wrote a poem: Affection, emotion is like a mountain, emotion is like chaos. If you let go of all the love of children and all the feelings of the world, you will be able to solve the Dharma of your heart, you will be able to go from one shore to the other, and you will be happy all the time. This is

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-06

How to mount the painting brushstrokes, the so-called ancient brushstrokes, most of them are colored on silk, and are often used to decorate fans, lamps, beds, screens and other daily utensils. So how do you mount the strokes of the painters? Mounting paper is an important part of the painting, such as:

Knowledge of calligraphy and paintingTime: 2025-06-06

Benefiting farmland and being able to benefit farmland should also be understood correctly by those of us who live in cities. If you can master this use of the Great Compassion Mantra, you will definitely be able to settle many things, for example, what if you have flies and mosquitoes in your house? Let's say you have this flower

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-05

How to color freehand landscape painting, landscape painting sketches through brush and ink to complete the shaping of the image of the scene, but also expressed in the exploration and creation of the form of brush and ink composition. The original amorphous shape of the pen and ink is amorphous, although the scenery objectively exists, but it can be based on the different feelings and rationalities of each person

Knowledge of calligraphy and paintingDate: 2025-06-05

In previous lectures, we talked about cause and effect, and we came up with a concept. This idea is what the Buddha told us in the Mahayana scriptures. The first is that there is no effect without cause. This fruit is not what we think of as apples, oranges, or bananas.

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-04

How do we deal with these things and some helpless things? Do your best, do your best to ambulance. If there is really no way for us to do it, then there is no way. You can't stand this in your heart, how do you do it? I can't stand it,

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-04

Master, how do you deal with delusions that arise in meditation? You don't suppress it with another thought, like don't think about it like that, just do what you have to do and treat that thought as a passing guest. You know exactly where it's coming

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-01

Question: Master is merciful, I often encounter some things that don't go well in my work and life, and I am troubled, is this just a negative relationship, how can I change it, please be merciful and enlightened. Master Huiguang: Life is less than 100, and I often have a thousand years of worries. If you can really improve

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-01

In the middle and late Jin Dynasty, why did Buddhist beliefs permeate the daily lives of the Jurchens? Before the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the Jurchens mainly believed in primitive shamanism, and due to the widespread spread of Buddhism in the north in the Liao Dynasty, Bohai, and Goryeo, there were also individual Buddhas in the early Jurchen period

Be a personTime: 2025-06-01

The 2001 "Buddha Bathing Conference" of the American Buddhist Federation is just like May 26, when the wind and rain meet, the sky is sprinkled with nectar, and then the rain passes and the sky is clear, the floating clouds fade, the breeze blows, and it is comfortable and cool

Han charactersTime: 2025-05-30

Zhong Maosen: When a woman gives birth, how can she keep her mother and child safe? When you are in labor, if the labor does not go well, there will be a lot of pain, and even you will not be able to give birth for several days, and you may even die because of difficult childbirth. Even in the present medical technology is well developed

golden sayingDate: 2025-05-29

In the Acropolis, there is a very famous Brahmanical Grand Master, and he has a disciple named Yang Duma, who is infinitely powerful and intelligent, and his virtue, wisdom, martial arts, and character and appearance are all first-class, so his teacher praised him very much. someday

Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-29

There was a brahmin in the city of Rayuegi, and he heard that the people of the country were filial to their parents, believed in the Dharma, and were good at cultivating the Tao, and offered the Three Jewels of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. He longed for it so much that he wanted to go to the country of Shawei for sightseeing and to study Buddhism. When he arrived at the kingdom of Shewei, he saw that there was

Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-29

How to evaluate the value of celebrity calligraphy and painting in auction, in recent years, the celebrity calligraphy and painting trading market has ??? The field is gradually becoming popular, whether it is celebrity calligraphy and painting collection, celebrity calligraphy and painting investment, and celebrity calligraphy and painting auctions, they have been sought after by many people, and the scene is very hot. But with the celebrity word

Knowledge of calligraphy and paintingDate: 2025-05-26

Shakyamuni was born, he founded and spread Buddhism, and now has hundreds of millions of believers in the dissemination of historical knowledge: Lu Binghan said that history When it comes to Indian history, everyone may think of Buddhism the most, and it is true that Buddhism was born in India and was transmitted from India

Talking about the Buddha and talking about Zen enlightenment lifeDate: 2025-05-26

Everyone knows how to study Buddhism, but do you know how to read the Heart Sutra? Even if you don't study Buddhism, many people know several Buddhist classics "Diamond Sutra", "Jizo Sutra", "Heart Sutra", etc., and they also know that several Buddhist Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who live the world with compassion such as: Guanyin Bodhisattva

Buddhist fablesDate: 2025-05-25

How to distinguish the true from the fake, wenge wood is also made as "emu wood" or "wolfberry wood", the new wenge wood is divided into new and old, the new wenge wood is rough, purple and black, the texture is turbid, and stiff and rigid, and it is easy to warp and stubble; The old wenge wood has a delicate texture and has a purple color

Collect knowledgeDate: 2025-05-24