Pure Sky Mage: The core idea of every religion is the same, so what is it exactly?

Master Da'an: The Buddhist thoughts of the six ancestors of the Pure Land Sect, Hangzhou Yongming Life Extension Master

Master Yongming integrates Mahayana Buddhism, inherits the idea of integrating all sects and returning to the Pure Land, and advocates the unity of the ancestral Buddha and Zen teachings, and compromises the Dharma, the Three Treatises, Huayan, and Tiantai, and integrates them with Zen. The master is strict in his discipline and seeks to die.

Master DaanDate: 2025-07-03

Is release a religious superstition?

Is release a religious superstition? When I learned that I was the president of the Life Release Association, the first reaction of many colleagues and friends, especially those from government agencies, was surprise! Why do I think that a leading cadre of an organ would serve as a co-ordinator with religious superstition overtones?

Origin of releaseDate: 2025-07-03

What is Indian old mountain sandalwood

What is Indian Old Mountain Sandalwood? The origin of the name of the old mountain sandalwood in India has been controversial, in fact, the old mountain sandalwood is only a name of the Chinese people themselves, and there is no such name in India itself. Why is it called Old Mountain Sandalwood? There are three different ways to say it

Buddha bead materialDate: 2025-07-02

Venerable Sheng Xu: Take refuge in the Buddha

Guangxi Mashan Lingyang Temple 2010 Lunar August Seven Dharma Meeting Master Sheng Xu Lecture (Morning of the Fifth Day of the Lunar New Year) There are eight major sects of Buddhism, and the Pure Land Sect is one of them. Although there are different sects of Buddhism, the purpose is the same, that is, the purpose, the same

Han charactersTime: 2025-07-01

Venerable Buddha Guang: Interpretation of the "Yuanjue Sutra" of the Puxian Bodhisattva Chapter 2 Understanding the Dharma Body

Lecture 2: Understanding the Dharmakaya We talked yesterday about entering the Great Light Treasure of the Divine Power, the Samadhi is being received, and everything is as it is being the abbot, which is the state of liberation that is described, and it is very difficult for us to guess the state of the so-called path of liberation, because we are disturbing beings and we don't know what it is

Han charactersTime: 2025-07-01

Zen Master Foguang interprets the twenty-second lecture of the "Diamond Sutra" from the twenty-six products, basically all the teachings of the Diamond Sutra, basically complete. What about the latter products, what is it, the later use points (from the twenty-seventh product to the thirty-second grade, it belongs to the later use points) also

Han charactersTime: 2025-07-01

Guangxi Mashan Lingyang Temple 2010 Lunar Twelfth Lunar Month Reciting Buddha Seven Dharma Meeting Venerable Sheng Xu Lecture (Afternoon of the Third Day of the Lunar New Year) What is the standard of good and evil? What is evil? If you do things in accordance with reason, you are called good, and if you violate reason, you are evil. There is no merit in evil

Han charactersTime: 2025-07-01

Zen Master Foguang interprets the nineteenth lecture of the Diamond Sutra According to the meaning of the scriptures, we follow his line of thought to ponder emptiness. We have a so-called habit of thinking that we have to have something to be attached to, we have to have a so-called

Han charactersTime: 2025-07-01

Lecture 3: The Three-Step Replacement Rule for Breaking IgnoranceThe book I have in hand is a lecture on the Yuanjue Sutra written by Venerable Yuan Ying in the form of ancient judgments, which are used in the teaching of Buddhist colleges. Buddhist scriptures plus the rules of the ancient people Xiushi (the ancient Chinese understood the text

Han charactersTime: 2025-07-01

Question: Amitabha! May I ask what is the principle that reciting the Buddha can eliminate 8 billion eons of life and death and serious crimes? Master Daan replied: It seems that you still have doubts! This sentence in the "Sutra of Meditation" is undoubted, and it is true

Master DaanTime: 2025-07-01

Amitabha, hello everyone! Today I would like to share with you: how to repay the favor. Every life comes into the world without its own parents. Only with our own parents can we have the opportunity to hear the Fa and grow up in a good and healthy life. at

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-30

Amitabha, hello everyone! Today I would like to share with you: many diseases, many disasters, and many difficulties, all lie in thoughts. People's thoughts are very important, and if you always think about sad things and pessimistic things, it is easy to bring many illnesses to the body. Because when people's thoughts are always thinking about bad places

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-30

Yesterday I shared with you: chanting Buddha and doing good. How can we do good deeds while chanting the Buddha? The purity of the three karmas of body, mouth, and mind is a kind of goodness. How to recite this Buddha name becomes a thought in the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, it depends on the person you recite the Buddha

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-30

Guangxi Mashan Lingyang Temple 2010 Lunar Calendar August Seven Dharma Meeting Master Sheng Xu Lecture (Afternoon of the Sixth Day of the Lunar New Year) First of all, everyone came here to chant the Buddha for a few days, and felt that chanting the Buddha had merit. If we can get a family, and even the people around us, to recite the Buddha, then

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-30

What kind of pen is used for white painting in various periods of ancient times, and the poems written by white painting in Gongbi painting seem to be plain, savored, but meaningful. For example, Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn" and Tao Yuanming's "Returning to the Garden and Pastoral Home" (less vulgar rhyme) are as precious as gold, and they are coarse

Collect knowledgeTime: 2025-06-28

Before I studied Buddhism, I often encountered ghosts, several times a month. Why is this happening? Because I have in my heart the desire to kill. When I was sixteen or seventeen years old, I went hunting every day and came back every day with my game, so I always went on to do it

comeuppanceTime: 2025-06-27

1 The first person in this world is the sin of murder! Why do you create killing karma? Because of greed. People in the world are greedy for delicious food, for the tongue of three inches, I don't know how many sentient beings have been killed?2 Gluttony, this is a common disease of all sentient beings! Ordinary people are greedy for deliciousness, for three

comeuppanceTime: 2025-06-27

Nowadays, most women are monotonous, nervous, and stressed due to their work and computer dating all year round, and many of them have gastrointestinal disorders, or are too thin, or too obese, or have diarrhea, or constipation, which makes people feel sad

Beauty & FitnessTime: 2025-06-27

Enlightened people are ignorant of cause and effect Pure Land Dharma Master (1) 1 One of the initiates wondered what the phrases "not falling into cause and effect" and "not ignorant of cause and effect" meant. This is a public case of the master of Zen Buddhism. In the public case, the wild of Master Baizhang

comeuppanceTime: 2025-06-25

The Great Compassion Mantra comes from the Dharani Sutra of the Great Compassion of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva with a Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes, which is the great compassion of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, the supreme bodhicitta and the important mantra for helping people and cultivating the path to Buddhahood. The full text of the Great Compassion Mantra consists of 84 sentences, each of which is correct

Buddha cultureDate: 2025-06-24

Now people in this world are selfish, and they do things that harm others and benefit themselves in everything they think and do. In fact, harming others is not self-interested, if harming others can really benefit yourself, you are worth it. If you think about it, Qin Shi Huang in ancient China wiped out the Six Kingdoms at that time

comeuppanceDate: 2025-06-24

1+11 with cucumbers and peanuts is easy to cause diarrhea: cucumbers are diced and mixed with boiled peanuts, as a refreshing dish, often active on the dining table of many families, and many men also like to have a plate of peanuts mixed with diced cucumbers when drinking. that

Vegan is healthyDate: 2025-06-24

When you are old, you can no longer work, you have to do things in the next life, this life is already over, what should I do in the next life? If you don't recite the Buddha, you have to engage in reincarnation. Think about the thoughts and words that arise in this life, is it good or evil? Is it merit or dereliction? Reflect on it, even though

comeuppanceDate: 2025-06-23

Refuge is divided into refuge in rituals and refuge in the Dharma. The monk master gives you refuge, which is a ritual refuge; After taking refuge, one has to take refuge every day, for example, the monastery has to take refuge every day, which is the refuge of practicing the Dharma. The refuge of cultivating the Dharma is the end of one's life, this lifetime

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-22

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

It is very true that Master Xiao taught Sun Fei to sort out the Dharma, no matter how good the foundation is, no matter how bad the foundation is, he must come in a down-to-earth manner. In this process, as long as you don't break the big principles, he will basically move forward on this path, that is

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-21

May there be two aspects: one is rational, and the other is material. Logically speaking, I would like you to make a wish to have the feeling of being born. What is the feeling of birth? It is the search for the truth of life. In Buddhism, it is to achieve the Buddha's path, which is the rebirth of life

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-21

The Necessity of Studying Buddhism: How to Recognize the Truth of Life and Achieve Ultimate Happiness and Purpose – Master's Lecture on Amitabha Buddha during the 2010 National Day Meditation Retreat, Good afternoon, everyone! Let's take a little time in the afternoon to make an analysis of the necessity of studying Buddhism. This

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-21

Meditation is the best way to heal the soul, and one of my disciples told me that there was a person who had hurt her and caused her a lot of physical and mental pain, and now this person came to her again, and she was very scared and asked me how to deal with it. In fact, life is a book,

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-21

Knowing oneself - how to know life and life such as Master Xiao, Peking University LectureNovember 24, 2010 I am very happy to have this opportunity to communicate with you, I myself feel very ashamed, because I am more confused, and I still can't understand the meaning of the Buddha. but

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-21

Our life is not in books at all, not in other people's opinions of you, nor in some mature or immature practices and thoughts, it is really the painful grinding of blood and tears, which is the stepping stone to a stable life. So when I looked for it myself

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-21

1. Origin of Buddhism: The ancestor of Buddhism was Shakyamuni Buddha. Shakyamuni is the name of a family, Shakyamuni Buddha was born in a royal family, and the name of this family is Shakya. Namuni is his real name, and Muni is the literal translation of Sanskrit.

Buddha utensilsDate: 2025-06-21

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 replied: Generally speaking, the Mahayana method is to use the power of prajna and wishes

Han charactersTime: 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

"Forty-two Chapters Sutra": There are 100 evil people who eat rice, and it is better to eat a good person; Rice is good for thousands of people, it is better to eat a person who holds the five precepts; The five precepts of rice are 10,000, and it is better to have a rice than a Sutuohuan; Rice million Sutuohuan is not as good as rice one Situohan; Rice is tens of thousands of stohan, it is better to eat one anahan; Rice 100 million

The Venerable Master XuanhuaDate: 2025-06-19

Animal release is a common folk custom in Tibetan ethnic areas, which belongs to the category of folk and religious activities, and the form of expression is roughly the same in various places, and the creatures are released to nature and left to fend for themselves. The origin of liberation is in Tibetan areas, and many customs are associated with religion

Release GuideDate: 2025-06-18

An Exploration of the Zen Thought of Bao Tang Wuzhu Dao Jianyi and Introduction The Tang Dynasty Zongmi Master [1] said that the Zen method of Wuzhu "teaches and practices without restraint and destroys consciousness" in the third volume of the Yuanjue Sutra [2], and in his Preface to the Interpretations of the Zen Source Collection[3], he said that the Zen method of Wuzhu is "delirium."

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-17

1. Biography of Master Yinguang (1861-1940 AD), the holy amount, the word Yinguang, alias Chang Shame Monk, a native of Haoyang, Shaanxi. When he was young, he read Confucianism with his brother, and he was quite responsible for inheriting Confucian sacred learning, and he should discuss with Han Ou to dispel Buddhism. Later, he was sick for several years, and he began to realize the past wrong, and he was the first

Master DaanDate: 2025-06-14

1. The master of the life interception (1628-1682 AD), a scholar of secrecy and strategy, commonly known as Jiang, was a native of Shunkang in the early Qing Dynasty. His father's name is Quan Chang, an old Confucian in Yixing, and he is friends with Master Hanshan. Three years after Master Hanshan's death, one night, Quanchang dreamed that Hanshan entered the bedroom and followed

Master DaanDate: 2025-06-14

1. Life of the Master of Good Guidance (613-681 AD) was born in the ninth year of Sui Daye, a native of Sizhou, Anhui Province (Linzi, Shandong), and became a monk at a young age. Looking at the master's life and deeds, there are two outlines: (1) Returning to the Pure Land, diligent and ascetic, and after the master became a monk, he practiced the "

Master DaanDate: 2025-06-14

1. Life of Master Yuyi (1599-1655 AD), known as Zhixu, known as Xiyou, alias Babu Taoist (Ziyun: The ancients had Confucianism, Zen, law and teaching, and the Taoist did not dare; Nowadays, there are also Confucianism, Zen, discipline and teaching, and the Taoists disdain it. Hence the name Eight No). vulgar

Master DaanDate: 2025-06-14

Answer: In addition to reciting the Seven Buddhas, you can add another treasure bun to the Buddha, and sentient beings can be born in heaven after listening to it. If you want to hold a spell, what is the standard? Mani Beimei? The six-character mantra can free sentient beings from the reincarnation of the six animals; There is also a life protection spell, which is Bao Shengru

Release Q&ADate: 2025-06-13

It is not easy to cultivate the Tao, even if you are a good person. Ordinary people do not commit physical karma, and they do not commit murder, theft, and adultery, but the easiest thing to commit is oral karma. Whether a person is rich or not depends on his karma. So the oral karma is very important, especially for women, and there are many blessings

comeuppanceDate: 2025-06-10

What kind of tree is agarwood, as we all know, agarwood is known as the king of incense, and agarwood jewelry has also become a new favorite in the market. With the development of society, life has gradually become richer, and people have begun to pay attention to the purchase of accessories, and agarwood, which is rich in cultural connotation, has become

Collect knowledgeDate: 2025-06-10

Practicing the five precepts and ten virtues, the ten virtues of the highest grade, and the way of heaven; Ten goodness, humane; The Ten Virtues of the Lower Grade, the Asura Path. If it is the cause, it is the effect. Karmic karma is true, and Buddhists often say that all dharmas are empty, and cause and effect are not empty. Therefore, causal education is the most important thing in religious education

comeuppanceDate: 2025-06-10

Many people, after committing adultery, have a very unsmooth life and are very bitter, and this kind of suffering is difficult to confide in their relatives and friends, so they can only spit on the Internet to dispel the bitterness in their hearts. From this point of view, we adulterers are actually quite pitiful, and we sins because of ignorance

Evil retributionTime: 2025-06-09

Initiates: What does the phrase "Anuttara Sambodhi" mean? Teacher: In Buddhism, it is said to be "supreme enlightenment" and "Buddha nature." In order to show respect for the Dharma and for the Buddha-nature, we kept the original pronunciation and did not translate it. Mostly

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-08

It is only natural that people should stop evil and cultivate good. Which of all sentient beings does not seek good fortune, and which one wishes to encounter calamity? But you have to understand where the good fortune comes from and where the calamity comes from, these eight words are the root of good luck and bad luck. But

comeuppanceDate: 2025-06-08

Initiates: If you have been following the release of life, how great is the merit of the release? How? Released, the situation at home has not been good, is it because of his own blessings? Isn't the merit enough? Teacher: It's a good thing to follow the release all the time, it shows that your practice has not stopped, and this is your sincerity

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-07

Initiates: Some people say that it is impossible for every animal to survive in the release of life, so what is the meaning of our release? Teacher: The release of life is indeed very meritorious, and the significance is also very special. In the process of liberation, we pray for the compassion and blessing of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in our rituals

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-07