Know yourself We don't have to envy others or imitate others, because everyone's conditions are different. Understanding your own strength and positioning is the key. There is a person who loves horseback riding, so he learns equestrianism from the horse master. After three months of training, he also became a fine person
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-08
The theory and practice of the Diamond Sutra Because people are greedy for "love", they chase after the object of their love, and create various karmic deeds according to the afflictions of love and taking, and "have" the results of the cycle of life and death, which are the three branches of "love", "taking" and "being" in the twelve causes. for
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-08
Evil thoughts, good thoughts, and pure thoughts are all caused by evil thoughts, whether they are killing, stealing, fornicating, drinking, ......, etc., they are all harmful to others and not to oneself; Hurt people's lives, property, hearts, integrity, wisdom, etc. But why do human beings continue to have evil thoughts? Because there is greed, anger, and foolishness in the heart. Everything is done by myself
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-08
The illusion cultivation advises you not to say too much, do not be merciful in the illusion of the world, the hatred of love in dreams is originally a choice in the shadow of the original emptiness, the body and mind are like the water moon people, and all beings are like mirror flowers, just let the old karma disappear according to fate, do not create new calamities in the realm, and chant the Buddha to send all delusions, do not pretend to be convenient and open your heart
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-08
The preface to the Prajna Sutra led me into the mortal world, what is the reason for this? What is the reason you came to this world? What is the reason for coming to the world, nothing more than learning. What do you learn? The founding meaning of "University" is clear: "The way of the university is to be clear and virtuous, to be close to the people, and to stop at the best." Therefore, there is nothing more important than learning to benefit others and yourself!
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-08
The Sixth Patriarch of the Three Karmas of Purity said: Returning one's heart to one's own nature is to take refuge in the true Buddha. Someone asked Nanyang Huizhong National Master: "I don't know if there is a difference between the mind and nature?" The master said, "If you are confused, you will part; if you understand, you will not be different." He said, "The scriptures say that Buddha nature is constant, and the mind is impermanent. Why is it that there is no distinction now?" The master said, "You
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-08
The Mahayana Great Righteousness Chapter asks about the Buddha's Samadhi and answers Master Huiyuan's question Kumarajiva replied to Yuan's question: The Buddha's samadhi, said in the "Prajna Sutra Recitation of the Buddha's Chapter", often uses dreams as metaphors. Dreams are the realm of ordinary people, and the confusion and solution are self-inflicted, and they are reasonable. And the sutra says: Reciting the Buddha's samadhi to see the Buddha,
Pure Land TreatiseTime: 2025-08-08
It is strange that most people always want to practice, but they do not want to realize themselves or become enlightened. I don't believe in myself, I will be enlightened at any time. I will only envy the Zen master's enlightenment, but I never dare to think about it. Therefore, it has been dragged on, this life, the next life, the first eon, the second eon, and the three great eons...... in order to
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-08
Many Buddhist practitioners know the concept of the Pure Land, but they cannot do it. It is difficult to know, it is difficult to do, he knows, but he can't do it, and he can't implement it. He is not sincere and earnest, with a lot of worldly fame and fortune, or
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-08
Master Yuanying is a very outstanding religious leader in modern China and deserves the reverence of all of us. At the age of 36, he advocated the dual cultivation of Zen purity and called himself "the master of Yiyao Hall". With the improvement of Taoism, the prophecy of the Dharma has been profound, especially in the understanding of Yongming Extension
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-08
Q: Can you give some suggestions to us young people from the perspective of Buddhism on how to purify our souls, restrain material desires and selfish desires, and resolve all kinds of troubles? Master Da'an answered: Now young people in their twenties and thirties were born and grew up in our country's reform and opening up
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-08
Buddhism says: "Sit quietly but think about your own mistakes, and don't talk about others." Confucius also asked people to "attack their own evils, not to attack the evils of others" ("Analects of Confucius, Yan Yuan"), that is, to only blame their own faults, not to attack the evils of others. When the disciples are accusing anyone of what's not
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-08
Releasing beings is a good way for us Mahayana Buddhism to convey the spirit of compassion and equality. Especially in Chinese mainland, it has long been believed that human-centered and has no concept of equality and protection for ordinary animals, so indiscriminate killing and indiscriminate hunting have become a common practice
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-08
Q: It is common for some monks to perform transcendental rituals in the process of recommending the dead and helping to die, rather than reciting a Buddha's name to the end within a specified time, with other words mixed in. Is it legal? Master Da'an answered: In the process of helping to recite the rebirth, you must only recite the Buddha's name
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-08
Ming Tida has no intention of intention, and the pseudonym is one heart; In order to understand this mind, only three minds are established. First understand the "body of the mind", then know the "appearance of the mind", and then be able to "use the mind", so that the body can be used without hindrance. The "body of the mind" is formless and formless, and there is nothing in it. The body of the mind is indistinguishable and indistinguishable
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-07
Exploring the inner world Everyone has troubles, but how to solve them? Everyone has doubts, but how to answer them? It is our heart that causes troubles, and it is our heart that causes doubts, so as long as you start from the heart, you will definitely find the answer you want! The most important thing in the heart
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-07
The sea in life The body is a part of life, and the mind is also a part of life, so what about the body and mind combined? Nor is it the whole of life. The body and mind are just the manifestation of life, not its essence. A pair of masters and disciples were walking to the beach, and Master asked the disciples, "Look
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-07
The first step in reciting the Buddha is to firmly believe in the law of cause and effect, the law of nature. Heavy sinks, and clear rises. Good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil; It's not that the time has not come. Everything that happens must have a precedent; If you scrutinize carefully, you will understand. The fool does not believe, but the wise believe; Ordinary people fear fruit,
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-07
Each person's peace of mind and ordinary life will not have ups and downs; ordinary life, there will be no troubles; A calm heart will not have desires; In a normal state of mind, there will be no disputes; There will be no difference in equal treatment. What a desirable artistic conception! People want to be "ordinary", heart
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-07
Don't ask why, don't ask why, why others do this to me! Who am I? Don't ask why, why do others look at me this way! Do you know yourself? Don't ask why, why do others treat me this way!" Are you kind to yourself? Don't ask why, why others are like this
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-07
There used to be a rich man who was very rich but sullen, so he posted a notice: "As long as someone can teach him to be happy, he is willing to give half of his property to the other party." But many people came to teach, and he was never happy, so the rich man went out
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-07
"Three Essentials of Dying Days" was written in the nineteenth year of the Republic of China, that is, in 1930, and this manuscript completely flowed out of the true heart of Master Yinguang, with straightforward sentences and profound meaning. It provides a glorious pure land for all beings to face death
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-07
There was a man named Cheng Yibo, who had a dream one night when he was twenty-nine years old. His deceased father said in a dream: "You are going to die this year!" You can ask Jue Hai to save you. When Cheng Yibo woke up, he was stunned: "I'm going to die this year!"
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-07
Learning Buddhism is to receive the education of wisdom, and under the guidance of wisdom, the family should become more and more harmonious. Master Yinguang, the thirteenth ancestor of the Pure Land Sect, advocated that Buddhist practitioners should be respectful of ethics, that is, Buddhist practitioners should handle the five ethics relationships in the world. At home, we must put the corresponding home
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-07
Q: I played Disc Immortal with my classmates in junior high school, but I have always had fear, and I once suffered from insomnia because of this, and I still can't get rid of my fear. I have been in contact with Buddhism for five years now, but I have not converted. Although I feel better than before, I still have lingering fears. Please explain it to the disciple
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-07
Therefore, the sound of Amitabha Buddha is the Āṣṇ Now, with this enlightenment, all of them are bestowed upon the filthy and evil beings, which is the state practiced by the Buddhas, and only the Buddha and the Buddha can fully understand it, not something that the Nine Realms can believe in and understand on their own. …
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-07
Question: There is a saying that after a person dies, his wisdom is nine times higher than before he breathes, and it is easier to do it after he dies than before he dies. Is the end-of-life chant carried out before the death penalty? Or wait until he is about to die or after he dies, and then help
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-07
Lecture on the Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra (3) When the first time to realize the Dharma, the master went to Baolin. The governor of Shaozhou, Wei Qu, entered the mountains with the bureaucrats and invited a master to the lecture hall of the Great Brahma Temple, opening the door to everyone and explaining the Maha Prajna Paramita Dharma. The master ascended to the seat, and there were more than thirty governors and bureaucrats, and thirty scholars of Confucianism
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-06
To understand life, you need to understand life; Life needs enlightenment in order to enjoy life; Life needs enlightenment to understand life. What about practice? It is even more necessary to be enlightened in order to be enlightened and see the nature of the mind! Someone asked: How to practice? What method is used to practice? The answer is: There is no way to fix it
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-06
How to achieve people in the world and want to succeed; Practitioners want to be enlightened. It's useless to just think about it, but to be clear about how to do it! Student: How can it be successful? Teacher: There are thoughts, ideals, plans, actions, reviews, persistence, wisdom, and compassion
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-06
Manjushri Bodhisattva of the Mind Method asked the Buddha: "What is the mind? What is the ground? I hope that the World-Honored One will speak separately for all sentient beings, so that those who have not escaped suffering may be free from suffering, those who are not at peace will find happiness, those who have not developed their minds will be able to develop their minds, and those who have not attained enlightenment will attain enlightenment, all of which are the same
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-06
The Lotus is the essence of the wonderful lotus, and the Buddha's original heart is smooth; Among the sutras he speaks of, the Lotus is the first. The wisdom of the Buddhas is difficult to understand; The mysterious and mysterious are unfathomable. More than 60,000 words, all in eight characters; Enlightenment and enlightenment, the power of reality. Open the door, only say three; Showing the true appearance, it will return to one; Awakening Buddha
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-06
Believe in the Buddha in your heart, and there is no Buddha outside your heart; It is the heart that becomes a Buddha, and remembers it. There is no difficulty in reaching the highest level, but I don't like to be selective. It is not difficult to realize the Tao, from the heart; Why don't you realize it, it's just about distinguishing. But don't hate and love, it's clear. All appearances are illusory, do not hate and love; If you look at it as it is, it will naturally be clear. There is a difference, heaven
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-06
Original text: To understand the practice and practice of all sentient beings' body, speech, mind, and karma, they must do it in their hearts, and must not show the appearance of virtue, goodness, and diligence, and must not show the appearance of virtue and diligence on the outside. Although it starts three industries, it is called the good of mixed drugs, and it is also called false behavior
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-06
Question: Nowadays, people have a relatively heavy lustful desire, how should we subdue this lustful heart? Please be compassionate and enlightened. Master Da'an replied: Yes, the karma of sentient beings is heavy now, and this is a great trouble
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-06
The following is a very unique insight of Master Zhiyi, which is to interpret this scripture from the perspective of us ordinary beings. I read this passage "To Understand", which is very important. Again, the Buddha used great vows as the cause of many good roots for all sentient beings, and made great deeds for the many blessings of all sentient beings
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-06
"Attack their evil, do not attack the evil of others", "Sit quietly and think about your own faults, and don't talk about others' faults." The saints of Confucianism and Buddhism are telling us that we must be strict with ourselves and be lenient with others. In fact, each of us should check it, be lenient with others, and tolerate others' mistakes, which is not very tolerant
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-06
There are three very pure conditions for rebirth: as long as you believe, wish, and keep the name. Moreover, there are no high requirements for you to keep your name, and it does not say that you must be able to work hard to make a film, focus on everything, and be mindful. He did not make this request, he only asked for "Shigaraki with the utmost heart."
Master Da'anTime: 2025-08-06
Lectures on the Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra (42) If a person who cultivates merit, his heart is not light, and he always practices universal respect. The heart is often underestimated, and I am constantly unused, that is, I am useless; self-nature is false and untrue, that is, self-virtue; I am arrogant and often look down on everything. Good friends! Thoughts are meritorious, and uprightness is virtue; Self-cultivation
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-05
A reed vine is piled with green snow, and the fragrance wafts from the sky. The magpie circles the front room, and Guanyin warms the winter heart! In the two mountains, Zen guests are invited, and Fa Yu visits the immortal trail. There is a line worthy of poetry, and the leisurely mood is the pot. Fa Hai Cheng Xing Yue, Jinshan looking for a soulmate. Three shaved heads and swords into the golden mountains, and the clear air shook the mountains and rivers. Millennium undercover repair
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-05
Lectures on the Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra (27) Ordinary people, the Mahayana is solemn and not solemn, it is called solemnity, and the body is used to see that the mountain is the mountain, the mountain is not the mountain, and the mountain is the mountain, and the dependent origination is empty, the dependent arising is unchanging, and everything is one, all colors, emptiness, and all dharmas return to ten thousand dharmas, the illusion of vacuum, wonderful, responding, and the mind arises from nothing
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-05
Lectures on the Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra (30) Good knowledge! There is no dwelling inside or outside, coming and going freely, being able to get rid of attachments, reaching without hindrance, and being able to practice this practice is no different from the Prajna Sutra. 【Good Knowledge! Not clinging to the external realm is called not clinging to the outside, and not clinging to one's own body and mind is called not dwelling
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-05
Lectures on the Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra Episode 61 Passing Incense and Repentance The Fifth and Sixth Patriarchs would like to pass on to you the "Five-Part Dharma Body Incense" of the Self-Nature. Why does the Sixth Patriarch talk about repentance in this product? Learning Buddhism, I don't know
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-05
Colleagues, classmates, and good friends on the seventh day of the seventh day: Today is Sunday, November 15, 2009, September 29 of the lunar calendar, which is the consummation day of the first seven. Through the seven heavens and the earth diligently meditating, everyone has improved to varying degrees, and each has received the benefits of meditation. Yes
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-05
Lectures on the Sixth Patriarch's Altar Sutra (13) The Fifth Patriarch returned and did not attend class for several days. Everyone was suspicious and went to ask, "Is the monk less ill and less annoyed?" He said: "If you don't have a disease, you will be fine." Q: Who taught it? The answer is: those who can get it. Only then did everyone realize this, and hundreds of people chased after him, intending to seize the robe and bowl. There was a monk with the surname Chen and his given name was Huiming.
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-08-05
'Symbiosis and reciprocity', this is retribution for grievances, endless. "Symbiosis from each other", we are reincarnated in this life, we are destined to be with our parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and we can get together together in this life, which is called common karma, and the result is called
comeuppanceTime: 2025-08-05
Zhengguo layman died in the sound of chanting Buddha together Our mother, Wu, was a native of Dawuzhuang, Guangming Village, Hancun Town, Huaibei City, and married into the Du family at the age of twenty-one. My mother's family was rich, the Du family was very poor at the time, and when my mother married into the Du family, she didn't even have a house and lived there
Contemporary documentary of the deceasedTime: 2025-08-05
Good and evil cause and effect cannot be canceled, this must be understood. So what to do? What should I do if I can't offset it? Buddhism teaches us to strengthen good causes; For the evil, what was created in the past, no more. Let the power of good be strong and the power of evil weak, when you die in the future
comeuppanceTime: 2025-08-04
My classmates are not in good health, and they are reciting Buddhist scriptures, honestly, very honestly, why are they still sick? There is a passage in the rooftop "Zhi Guan", which we have also learned before, and we repeat it again, it is very important. "Zhi Guan" says, "Or it is the karma of the previous life", bad karma
comeuppanceTime: 2025-08-03
Question: Master once said that after death, all evil karma in the past does not have to be endured, and everything is borne by Amitabha Buddha.
comeuppanceTime: 2025-07-31
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