The origin of Journey to the West and Buddhism, Professor Yi Zhongtian explains Zen Buddhism in detail
The Buddha once taught us: "Before you become a Buddha, you must first form a relationship," and the later study of preaching is to uphold this principle. This time I came to the United States to form a bond with Fayun Temple Buddhist College, which I couldn't ask for. 1. Introduction to a few years
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-04
The Buddhist scripture of filial piety, the "Bon Sutra", is taught at the Obon puja today, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. July 15 is a major holiday in Buddhism, called "Buddha's Day of Joy". Why is the Buddha happy? According to the sangha system set up, monks
The Buddha explained the Obon SutraTime: 2025-08-04
We can't believe that Amitabha Buddha has painstakingly designed a blissful world for us, waiting for us over there, waiting for us every day, stretching out his hands, preparing
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-31
I hope that the public can pay attention to these three very special Mahayana scriptures, and at the same time, I hope to have a deep understanding of Mahayana Buddhism's idea of protecting the country, and a deeper understanding of the practical care and practice of the spirit of the Bodhisattva path
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-31
【Introduction to the Classics】"Upasaka Precepts", seven volumes. Translated by Tan Wu from Beiliang. It is also known as the "Good Life Sutra" and the "Upasaka Precepts". The Buddha spoke the Mahayana Upasaka precepts (lay precepts) for good beings, and unfolded around this, explaining the six paramitas such as generosity. The content of the whole scripture
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-31
Ninghai Xiangshan Guangde Temple Daxiong Treasure Hall 1. About the Three Buddhas and the Three Bodies of the Buddha Daxiong Treasure Hall enshrines three Buddha statues: the Three Buddhas and the Three Bodies of Buddha [Note] The head of the Buddha has a meat bun (J) on the top of its head, spiral hair on its head, and white hair between its eyebrows (it is a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment).
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-29
The third door is to describe the forty-eight great vows made by Dharmazang Bodhisattva, which are transcendent and supreme, and are very worthy of our admiration. The Buddhas of the Ten Directions made general vows and other vows in the practice of the Bodhisattva of the Land Land. May everyone be the same, the four vows, we
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-28
The first day of Nirvana was February 15, 485 BC, which was the last day of Shakyamuni Buddha's life. On this day, the Buddha's loving face suddenly appeared with an incredible brilliance, more complete, purer, and more solemn than usual, like the sun and moon, bright and brilliant; Like the sea one
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-28
Dedication (Sanskrit parinama), also known as dedication, turning, and giving. It means to turn the merit and good roots you have done to benefit Bodhi, or to be reborn in the Pure Land, or to give to all sentient beings. As the old translation of the "Huayan Sutra" Volume 15 "Ten Directions" said: This Bodhisattva Mahāsattva practices
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-26
Today we took the big ship of Amitabha Buddha and came to Wutai Mountain to get close to Manjushri Bodhisattva. We have already said before we set out from the Infinite Life Temple that all Buddhism cannot be separated from prajna wisdom, and Manjushri Bodhisattva represents prajna wisdom. Many of us bodhisattvas are practicing
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-25
The Eight Precepts of Fasting are the precepts and fasting methods formulated by the Buddha for temporary monastic practice for lay disciples. Because the lay family is busy with worldly affairs and has no time to practice. The Buddha had compassion and planted good causes for the world in order to let them live a pure life of monks for a day and a night; It can also adapt to being at home
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-25
Buddhist Knowledge | How to correctly call a Buddhist monk? It is safest to use this word, and a senior brother mentioned that which ones are not suitable for lay monks to call monks! It is inevitable to lose the courtesy of a disciple and lose one's own blessings, so I will share another article here! The following two
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-24
All sentient beings, as long as they are inspired by their own good and evil karma in reincarnation, have an essential characteristic, which is the feeling of suffering. This bitter fruit comes from the karma of the bad karma he has created. For example, in our world, it is called Saha, also known as Kanto. What is indicated
Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-23
Master Kuanjian answered: When meditating, is breathing through the nose and mouth? Why does my back always hurt when I sit for a while? ※※: May I ask Master, when meditating, do you breathe through your nose and mouth? Why does my back always hurt when I sit for a while? Shi Kuanjian: Not necessarily, generally snorting and exhaling. As for back pain
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-22
Cause and effect are the great powers of the sages of the world to govern the world and liberate all living beings. Confucian sages pay attention to cause and effect, and it is difficult to count them in the classics. When Confucius praised the "I Ching," he began by saying that a family that accumulates good deeds will surely have residual blessings; a family that accumulates bad deeds will inevitably have residual calamities. You must know that there is already a blessing
Pure Land TreatiseTime: 2025-07-22
The principle of liberation is emptiness, and the purpose of liberation is selflessness. Because theory is one thing, empirical evidence is another, just like a history,
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-22
When the Buddha lived in the world, he led seven disciples, including bhikshus, bhikshunis, novices, novices, novice nuns, Shikshamanas, Upasakas, and Upasakas, and there were as many as 1,250 people in terms of the Buddha's constant followers. How did the Buddha govern such a huge sangha?
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-18
Buddhism looks at life in the universe and is neither materialist, nor idealist, nor deist, but a dependent theist who advocates the harmony of cause and effect. Therefore, Buddhism looks at the composition of a person from three aspects: psychological, physical, and physical. topmost
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-17
Many Buddhist practitioners are influenced by fortune-telling, etc., and fortune tellers can roughly calculate some situations in our lives today, so they superstitiously think that Buddhism says that everything is predestined, and some people even think that if everything is predestined, then why should we learn Buddhism?
comeuppanceTime: 2025-07-17
1. Kāla and samaya In Sanskrit, there are many terms used to express time, and there are two that are often mentioned in Buddhist scriptures: one is kāla (gara), and the other is samaya (samaya). Early Indian religion or philosophy to make
The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-07-16
The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the sea looks down at the vast East China Sea and shows a relieved smile at Luoshan Temple in Xiangyang. Since the establishment of the temple by Master Uixiang in the Silla era for more than 1,300 years, it has been a popular place for Guanyin prayers. After the spread of the word that Guanyin Bodhisattva settled here,
The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-07-15
From the Western Han Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty, Qingzhou has been the political, economic and cultural center of the Shandong Peninsula. Buddhist temples began to be built very early, and Ningfu Temple was built in the second year of Tai'an in the Western Jin Dynasty (303 AD). Longxing Temple began to be built during the Liu and Song dynasties, and during the Song and Yuanjia periods, it was called the Buddhist Hall.
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-14
Hangzhou Lingyin Temple Supervisor Temple talks about Buddhist vegetarianism: contributing to a harmonious society China-Singapore Zhejiang Net, August 20 (Reporter Wang Enmin, intern Xi Wei) "Vegetarianism can bring us physical and mental peace and joy. At the same time, the taste enjoyment brought by vegetarianism is also full of nature
Eat vegetarian earlyTime: 2025-07-12
There are often friends who are troubled by emotional marriage, and there are often people who ask about helpless marriage and marriage and happy amulets, hoping to pin their hopes on the help of amulets, and there are not a few more extreme people who want to help with the evil laws of the underworld. In fact, even if it is a really helpful amulet
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-08
Bodhisattva is the abbreviation of Sanskrit transliteration Bodhisattva. Its Chinese translation of Bodhi is enlightenment, and the Chinese translation of Sattṣṇa is sentient beings, or sentient beings (all animals with feelings), and the full translation should be: enlightened sentient beings, Taoist sentient beings, and enlightened sentient beings. According to the meaning of this word, ancient Chinese translation
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-07
Dazhen Khenpo: Rejoicing in the Bodhisattva, it turns out that the merit is so incredible, here is mainly about the field of blessings! If a bodhicitta can generate joy or faith in the bodhisattva, this merit and merit is also incredible! If any sentient being
Buddhist Questions and AnswersTime: 2025-07-06
Q: Is it okay to worship Taoism after converting to Buddhism? Master Da'an answered: Converting to Buddhism means determining the spiritual destination and life value goals. When I received the three refuges, I solemnly promised: since I took refuge in Buddha, I will no longer take refuge in the heavenly demons and heretics; Self-conversion to the law
Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-05
2. Bodhisattva, also known as Guanyin Shakyamuni Buddha spoke at the Lotus Meeting on Lingjiu Mountain, there were more than 80,000 bodhisattvas, of which there were eighteen important great bodhisattvas, and Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was one of the eighteen great bodhisattvas. "Avalokiteshvara" is the name of Kumarajiva's translation
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-04
3. The cause and effect of a bodhisattva gaining a thousand hands and a thousand eyes We now know that the bodhisattva with boundless mana is actually formed by mortals. According to Buddhist scriptures, the date of enlightenment of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, the date of becoming a monk is the 19th day of the ninth month, and the birthday is the 19th day of the second month
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-04
The internal and external dignity should be sufficient [Hengshan Temple] How much do you know about the etiquette of the fasting hall? 1. Internal: Five views of food and storage (1) Calculate the amount of merit and where it comes from (2) Think about one's own virtue and lack of supply (3) Prevent the mind from being greedy and so on (4) Doing good things and good medicine to cure the body and dryness (5) Achieving enlightenment
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-04
The Buddha told the audience with shallow roots the fundamental principles of being a human being, keeping the five precepts, and practicing the ten good deeds, which is called the human heavenly vehicle; For those who have a strong sense of world-weariness, they talk about the way to liberate from life and death, which is called the Hinayana of sound and hearing; For listeners with deep roots and sad wishes to transform into the world, it is
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-04
Why do some people get rich first and then poor, while others are poor and then rich? The sutra says this: Excerpted from "The Buddha is the Elder Who Speaks of Karma Differences", and there is also karma at the beginning of happiness and then suffering. It seems that there are sentient beings. He was encouraged by others. I am happy to do charity. The heart is not strong. Later, he regretted it. Thus, it was fate.
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-29
Worshiping Buddha has the meaning of repenting of sins, practicing meditation and gratitude, and expressing respect and gratitude for the Three Jewels of Buddhism and Dharma Monks, and reviewing oneself and repenting of the karma created in the past, which not only helps to improve one's personality, but also stabilizes people's body and mind. So
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-29
Last year, a friend who was proficient in the I Ching said to me: "From March 5th to April 5th next year, you will be very bad." After the Spring Festival, he said to me again: "As soon as you enter March, you have to be extra careful, if you don't do it well, your job will be gone." I said to him, "I'll fight you."
comeuppanceTime: 2025-06-29
went to Wenchang to watch the satellite go to the sky, and Dai Huiwen Buddha beads returned home safely. Hainan Huiwen Government, Huiwen Buddha Bead Association, and Huiwen Buddha Bead Trading Market are the only designated Buddha bead cultural exchange platforms. Nowadays, there are many Buddhist beads that have been consecrated by the master
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-06-29
Looking at the faces of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, a violinist held his first concert, and the teacher said to him: "When playing, don't panic because of the people in the audience, I will sit upstairs in the front room
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-26
Buddhism's reason for opposing suicide is based on the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance. If Leslie Cheung understood Buddhism, would he still choose to commit suicide? Leslie Cheung committed suicide, and countless people sighed for it, and it is really thought-provoking that life is so unbearable. German philosopher Heidegger
The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-06-26
Some people say that meditating cross-legged is not possible with two plates. Why can't you get on the market? Because your muscles and bones are relatively hard, you have to practice double plates, and you have to practice without fear of pain. To practice, you must know how to adjust your body, breath, and mind, and if you practice more, your heart will slowly soften, and your muscles and bones will become softer
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-24
The Great Compassion Mantra comes from the "Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Vast Perfection and Unhindered Great Compassion Dharani Sutra", which is an important mantra of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's great compassion, supreme bodhicitta, and helping people to help people and cultivate the Tao and become Buddhas. The full text of the Great Compassion Mantra consists of 84 sentences, each of which is correct
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-24
One of the four great bodhisattvas of Buddhism, Puxian Bodhisattva, has ten great vows for practice, the fifth of which is the merit of rejoicing. The so-called rejoicing is to follow the obedience, follow the reason, and follow the power and reality. Joy is celebration, celebration of cause and effect, celebration of Buddhism, celebration of Buddhism, celebration of Buddhism. Now the previous one
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-24
Q: According to the wisdom of the Dharma master, how does the Buddhist concept of life protection enter the field of non-religion and lead to an environmental protection issue that all mankind can be aware of in the 21st century. Master Jingkong answered: This topic has gone beyond religion, but it still needs to rely on all religions.
Release Q&ATime: 2025-06-24
In addition to the five precepts, as a disciple of the Three Jewels at home, he should fulfill his responsibility for raising and educating his children; Children should be obedient and loyal to their parents, not to waste their parents' property, and when their parents are old or weak, they should fulfill their responsibilities of assistance and support. student
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-23
chanting Buddha beads, chanting Buddhist mantras, counting, and changing decorations; Buddha statues are respectfully offered, but they become works of art; The temple is a place for practice and Taoism, which becomes tourism; Buddhist scriptures become academics, which are the supreme magic weapons of listening and thinking; Meditation is a method of cultivating Buddhism and becoming stress-relieving and fitness;
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-20
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 Tathagata, but also absorb merit, be blessed by the gods, and eliminate disasters and sins. In the "Sutra of Observing Good and Evil Karma", it is mentioned that writing and offering scriptures has the following merits: 1. Yu
The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-06-20
Buddhism is like a void that can include all the infinite worlds. Just now, Professor Xu said, "The world's religions include monotheism, polytheism, and polytheism." But there is no atheism or theism. What is divine? Wisdom and integrity are called gods. What is Buddha? Buddha
Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-06-20
Buddhist release was originally to rescue some injured small animals, but today the release is a group of people who go to the vegetable market to buy some animals to release in the river, not knowing what taboos there are in releasing animals. Share Buddhism below
Release guideTime: 2025-06-19
The death of "Sister Lin", Buddhist "hospice care" surfaced The death of Chen Xiaoxu, who played Sister Lin in Dream of Red Mansions, attracted widespread attention in society because of the particularity of the process of "illness - monk - death". There is artificiality
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-18
It's so special! People donated so much to build a temple, I must donate more than her, and the merit is greater than her. On such a special day today, you must burn incense. So many great masters must sit next to the masters in order to receive blessings. This division
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-18
The Chinese nation has a long history and has the reputation of a 5,000-year-old civilization, and is the only country in the world that continues to exist to this day
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-18
Buddhist worship ceremonies originated from the reverence of Buddha Buddha in the early days, and gradually expanded to worship other Buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities and masters. After the Buddha's death, the most important Buddhist ritual: placing the Buddha's bone relics in a stupa (stupa). therefore
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-18
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