Master Jingkong: Which image of Amitabha Buddha will appear when he is dying? How do you know if he is really Amitabha?
The Diamond Sutra and the Six Patriarchs Hui Neng taught the Good Dharma Good Dharma: Buddhism refers to the method of cultivating good fruits. "Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra": "In addition to covetousness, generosity from outsiders, corresponding from inside and outside, immeasurable blessings, seeing people doing evil, not seeing their faults, not giving birth to differences in nature, is the name of separation."
Be a personTime: 2025-05-31
The tower metaphor Zen pure tantric French teachings Zen Buddhism is the spire. What Zen Buddhism needs is a large root apparatus. Tantra is in the tower. Tantra needs to be supplemented by exercises in addition to the root organs. The Pure Sect is the bottom of the tower. The pure sect is the three roots of the pu, which are inorganically disadvantaged. Modern people live in a high-tech society, and there is no very
Han charactersDate: 2025-05-26
In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China (1935), in the early June of the ancient calendar summer, Rugao Xiang Zhiyuan and Bai Deyi, mother and daughter, invited Li Zhang Zhixun to go to Suzhou Baoguo Temple to meet his mentor Master Yinguang. They are all refuge disciples of Venerable Yinguang. Between Rugao and Suzhou
Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-26
Master Daxing (1899-1952), a native of Dongtai County, Jiangsu Province, graduated from Dongtai Normal School at the age of 23. In the autumn of the eleventh year of the Republic of China (1922), the famous journalist Ge Gong Zhenxian
Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-25
Ask Master to explain how a child can go into the Buddhist hall to recite the sutra or come to hear the Dharma. Venerable Ming Zheng taught: Children, if they can be born in a lay family, most of them have made a vow in their previous life, before they die, that they will be born to study Buddhism for the rest of their lives
Han charactersTime: 2025-05-22
Master, Amitabha. Every time a disciple recites the Buddha, his heart will be sour and he wants to shed tears. Venerable Ming Zheng taught: This is because you have made offerings to the immeasurable Buddhas before, and you have planted all the good roots in the immeasurable Buddhas
Han charactersDate: 2025-05-21
Amitabha, please tell the Grand Master what it means to make offerings to the Buddhas. Do you put lamp oil or flowers or food in front of the Buddha to make offerings to the Buddha? Venerable Ming Zheng taught: The so-called offering to the Buddhas is the practice of the Dharma. Do you take lamp oil or flowers or food and place them in front of the Buddha to worship the Buddha as an offering?
Han charactersDate: 2025-05-20
The true connotation of liberation is to initiate a compassionate heart from the heart that does not bear the suffering of sentient beings, and cannot bear to see them suffer the difficulty of killing and dying, so as to redeem them, let them live, and let them regain their freedom. This is the core of the release, and it is also the most basic point and requirement
Han charactersDate: 2025-05-19
100 Years of Summer Meditation 7 Teachings 100 Years of Summer Meditation 7 Teachings (1) Meditation 7 is to reconcile our body and mind in seven days. One is the body and the other is the mind, and it is necessary to reconcile the body and mind. After being reconciled, let go; Laid down after we
Han charactersDate: 2025-05-12
Buddha Nature and Dharma Nature - In the autumn of '99, the monks practiced diligently and taught Buddhist scriptures that "all dharmas are empty", and "dharma" refers to the worldly dharma, the dharma out of the world, the dharma of doing things, and the dharma of non-action, which is very wide-ranging. No matter what the Dharma is, after the perspective and the reflection, everything
Han charactersDate: 2025-05-12
Master Longdao: A mediocre mortal, Master Longdao will carry a beautiful small round box everywhere he travels, which is not only his most cherished memento, but also a proof of his convenience. "Anyone, no matter how heavy the karma is, whether or not they have practiced or not, just recite it
Be a personDate: 2025-05-12
Sincerity Now is the five turbid and evil worlds - turbidity, turbidity of seeing, turbidity of troubles, turbidity of sentient beings and turbidity of life, and there are too many mental illnesses. In our practice, we must be sincere and sincere in our practice, for the sake of the Dharma, and not depart from the Dharma. If it is "diligent cultivation of good roots to make offerings, do not give up the bodhisattva karma to make offerings, and do not leave the bodhisattva."
Talking about the Buddha and talking about Zen enlightenment lifeDate: 2025-05-12
In the ninety-fifth year, the abbot of Zen Meditation on the Seven Perfection Day Teacher gave a lecture (1) If there is a tenth, there should be an offering, right omniscience, clear action, good death, worldly solution, supreme master, regulating husband, heavenly teacher, Buddha, and world-honored person, among which there is "regulating the husband", and now we will talk about the meaning of "regulating the husband". 「
Han charactersDate: 2025-05-11
Question: What are the causes of lowly and noble karma? Answer: "Five things are often born lowly, and they are slaves and slaves. 1. Arrogant and disrespectful to two parents; 2. Strong and unscrupulous; 3. Three respects of indulgence and rudeness; 4. Stealing for a living; Fifth, the debt is evaded. "There are five things that must be honored,
comeuppanceDate: 2025-05-11
For example, what is the meaning of calling a monk a monk, and his Dharma name is specially added with the words "up and down"? Cutting love and retiring relatives, knowing the heart and reaching the root, and solving the law of inaction, is the name of Shaman (Sanskrit sramana). In order to save themselves, monks must go to the Dharma to nourish the Dharma body and wisdom, hence the name of the Dharma
Han charactersDate: 2025-05-10
"Mida is a great grace, subtle and difficult to think", our fate must not be missed, this miss is really wrong. It doesn't matter if you miss everything in the world, it's a trivial matter, and this decision can't be missed. "Passing away with confusion, as soon as you go to the other land, there will be no turn", this
comeuppanceDate: 2025-05-10
Excerpt from Master Pure Land Dharma "The Buddha Says Ten Good Karma Sutras" If your thoughts correspond to the Buddha, you will decide to become a Buddha. Don't doubt that you don't have good roots, you don't have Buddha seeds, that's wrong, all sentient beings have Buddha seeds, so you have to have faith. "Pure Karma and Three Blessings"
comeuppanceTime: 2025-05-09
1 In our present society, everyone's life is inseparable from worries and troubles, and life is very hard. 2 Everyone wants to be free from suffering and be happy, and they want their lives to be happy, and all living beings in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, pray there, and have this wish
comeuppanceTime: 2025-05-06
Do you often praise others? Do you feel that praise and encouragement are indispensable motivation for your own progress? The praise of the Buddha can not only strengthen the confidence of the public in practice, but also have incredible benefits for themselves! Once upon a time, there was a king of Ashanga in India. although
Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-05
XUANHUA MASTER FRENCH: LOVE TO DEATH IS A DISEASE OF THE EXTINCTION OF THE COUNTRY AND THE EXTINCTION OF THE SPECIES, AND I HOPE THAT WE IN CHINA WILL NOT LOSE THE COUNTRY, AND WILL NOT LEARN THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR FROM THE WEST (REFERRING TO THE LOVE WITH XING). Those who study Buddhism should abstain from sexual desires, have a pure heart and few desires, and do not redouble desires, this is important, this is
The Venerable Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-04-25
Today is the Spring Festival, the year of the 60th Jiazi, which belongs to the Year of the Dog. Some people will be seriously injured by dog bites, and some people will be protected by dogs and be safe. Dogs are protective of the good and bite the wicked. The wicked are evil, but they have peace for a while. Why? The so-called "
The Venerable Master XuanhuaDate: 2025-04-24
Since studying the Dharma, I have deeply felt the experience of the spirit of the Dharma, which does not come from anyone or anywhere, but only the transformation of the truthful truth into the confirmation of one's own mind. Some people think that to describe truth in modern terms, perhaps abstract or philosophical
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-22
One of my students attached great importance to his identity after becoming a monk, especially when he became a veritable "Sect Teacher", and he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he instantly took on the burden of "seeking from above and from below". I also used to position myself as a "sect teacher",
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-22
No one is wrong, it's all the fault of reincarnation! The jeweler and the Elder Desher "are born in the womb: those who do evil will fall into hell, those who are righteous will ascend to heaven, and those who miss all will attain nirvana." ["Southern Transmission of the Dharma Sutra" Evil Product No. (126 verses)] This verse is the Buddha's Yuyi
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-22
Two days after I came to the Duobao Monastery, I was fortunate enough to participate in the Dharma meeting of the White Manjushri Ritual Seminar, which was really the compassionate blessing of the Three Jewels, and I thought to myself that there would be no such great good roots in the past. The monk first introduced Hai Gongshang
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-19
1There is no accident in the world, there must be a reason for something, and there must be a cause for an effect—what kind of cause, what kind of retribution, karma, not at all!2 As the saying goes, "A drink and a peck, it is not predetermined", who decides? The Buddha told us: Karma is determined. 3rd
comeuppanceDate: 2025-04-16
It's almost two o'clock, and I don't feel sleepy at noon today, and I want to talk about cause and effect with my friends. In the morning, I was reciting the mantra in the main hall, and suddenly I called for a "tablet of the past life", and I asked, "Who?" Hu Yue is gone—"Hey! Amitabha, I put my hands together and chanted the "Six Paths."
comeuppanceDate: 2025-04-15
And one more, killing. Where do you kill people? Abortion is homicide. How many abortions are there in the city we live in every day? I've heard people tell me that there are more than 50 million abortions every year in the world, and more than 100 million in two years; Two years, more than 50 million in a year,
comeuppanceDate: 2025-04-14
First, all living beings and ourselves are our blessed fields. We must learn to plant good fields in order to have a good harvest. Second, if we think that if we don't plant seeds, we will grow on our own, then we will achieve nothing and suffer in vain. Third, one
Han charactersTime: 2025-04-13
Ordinary people cultivate blessings, wisdom, and concentration, and cultivate a lot. But many people don't know how to make a vow. As a result, the effect is not visible. This is all due to some traditional ideas. What kind of traditional notions? That is: first, do good deeds without asking
Han charactersTime: 2025-04-13
Text: Cause and effect are the foundation of the Dharma, and before you study the Dharma, we have to know that first of all, you have to believe in cause and effect. If you do something wrong, you will definitely be punished, and you will be retributed. Therefore, many of our initiates do not dare to receive Bodhisattva
comeuppanceTime: 2025-04-13
Recorded from episode 529 of "The Interpretation of the Pure Land Sutra", "Distinguishing between respect and inferiority, without losing its integrity, is a famous gift". Etiquette is about fame, respect, and up, and etiquette, so it does not lose its moderation. For example, in our daily life, the etiquette prescribed by the state now,
comeuppanceDate: 2025-04-11
Day 4 (3): Praise is the second essential way for enlightened people: Why praise and praise for oral karma? Many people chant the Buddha for kung fu, for good fortune, for the elimination of karma, for promotion and wealth, and ...... for worldly interests, which do not correspond to the Dharma, and the Dharma is the world
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-09
7. The Achievements of the Shravaka Teachings and the Virtues of the Mahayana Teachings on the Fourth Day (Recording corresponds to 4-2) 1. Observe the present with the Buddha's heart and heart, observe the present situation, and continue to study the 12 great vows of the Medicine Master Liuliguang Nyorai to seal our hearts. The difference between the wishes of the Buddha and the wishes of all sentient beings is manifested
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-09
19. "Wisdom Zen Heart" is to share with you a few short articles in "Wisdom Zen Heart". The author of the book "Wisdom Zen Heart" is Anthony. Demele is an Indian priest. He was a priest, but he spoke
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-04
3. The Significance of Worshipping the Buddha 1.General This section was originally the time to worship the Buddha, but because half of the students have not been able to correctly understand the meaning of the Buddha, we will explain the meaning of the Buddha worship again for the first time in this meditation on the Buddha, so that everyone can be correct
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-04
13. Practicing the Dharma at the Dharma Meditation Division: 1. Tie It is now necessary to continue to introduce the Dharma Meditation Office to you. The Dharma Thoughts in the "Four Thoughts" and the Dharma-Thoughts in and out of the Rest are the same and interconnected. In the Dharma Mind of the "Four Thoughts", the first specific one
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-04
4. Analysis of the Key Points of Meditation in the Mind 1.General Please first look at the information in your hand, which is also on page 200 of the book "The Stages of the Path to Liberation in Aham", and the information in your hand is 5b. Let's take a look at this paragraph first. The Buddha told sentient beings, "Bhikkhus
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-04
8. Awareness and Development of the Mindful PlaceWhen you are able to clearly develop the mindfulness aspect of the body; Then you will be able to continue to be more clearly aware of the receiving place. The place of recitation is all kinds of feelings, in the scriptures > the four places of < meditation, and in the "Miscellaneous Aham"
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-04
13. The Interpretation of Reality Wishes to Explain the True Meaning of the Buddha, and we all want to know what is the content of the Buddha's experience. What is the state of liberation that the Buddha has guided us? This is something that we all want to be able to witness for ourselves
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-03
11. Entering the 84,000 methods that the Buddha of Wuwei taught us, which refers to all the methods of practice, but these are all the methods of doing things. It doesn't matter if you are holding mantras, chanting Buddhas, talking heads, participating in public affairs, meditating, chanting, worshipping Buddhas, doing good deeds, and giving alms
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-03
1. Bringing the mind back 1.Generally speaking, meditation is to calm our mind, which is a process of stopping. Stopping is just the beginning, the next step is to watch. Therefore, we focus on the first and second days, so that everyone's hearts can gradually be retracted
Han charactersDate: 2025-04-03
Master Yuanjing of the Song Dynasty, there is no image in the word. The common surname is Xu, and he is a native of Hangzhou. He became a monk at the age of 10, and when he was a little older, he relied on Master Tzu Yun to study. After the master was gone, he relied on the wise mage. Listen to and explain the method of meditation and comprehend the first truth. At the request of Taishou Lu Zhen
Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-04-02
Question: Master, like me, when I am older, I sometimes find it difficult to study Buddhism. However, the requirements of studying Buddhism are also good roots, and you have to accumulate blessings and resources, etc., so there are many worries in the process of learning Buddhism. Master: If you don't learn it, you won't, it's the law of cause and effect
comeuppanceTime: 2025-03-17
From the Pure Land Dharma Master "Lectures on the Dizo Sutra" [Karma is very great, it can defeat Sumeru, can deep the huge sea, and can hinder the holy path. Karma is great, how big is it? Here are three things. "Sumeru" This is a big mountain, karma can move mountains and seas, mountains and seas are deep,
comeuppanceDate: 2025-03-14
I used improper means to get a high position and a lot of wealth, not by legitimate means, but what I got was what I wanted, not only in my life, but also discounted. For example, if your position in life is a minister, what if it is discounted? As soon as you discount it, you become
comeuppanceDate: 2025-03-14
1. Why do people in the world have "love and separation"? This is because we created bad karma for ourselves in our past lives, destroying other people's families, and making other people's families unable to get together, so we receive retribution in this life. 2. In ancient times, there were few things that destroyed people's families
comeuppanceDate: 2025-03-14
Ladies and gentlemen, greetings! Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month called the Lantern Festival, in the tradition is also called the Yuan Festival, today is also a day of reunion, we now hear the firecrackers outside, we can also imagine the worldly people, all families sitting together, so we today
Han charactersDate: 2025-03-13
The Buddha told us in the sutras that the blessings of people in the world are obtained by cultivating "wealth and generosity", and the more you give, the more wealth you will get. Today, we see that there are many business tycoons and big entrepreneurs in the world, and they have a lot of money
comeuppanceDate: 2025-03-13
Topic: Buddhist Lecture 1 89 Speaker: Offering Dharma Master Place: Shilin Civic HallDate: July 25, 98 Roughly speaking, the habits that we sentient beings develop are because we have scattered minds, and we all pursue all kinds of attachments, some greedy for money, some greedy for sex, and some greedy for sex
Han charactersDate: 2025-03-12
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