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Master Da'an: Can "The Notebook of the Monk of the Forest of Ascetic Tomb" be circulated and practiced
Question: The book "Lampbook of the Tomb of Ascetic Tomb of the Forest Monk" has been popular all over the country recently (hereinafter referred to as "Lampbook" ),Many lay Buddhists worshipped him as a treasure, but I wonder if this book is worth circulating and studying? Master Da'an replied: The book "Lampbook" which is currently widely popular in the teachings.
Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-19
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Master Yanci replied: How should busy lay people practice Buddhism?
Question: Master is compassionate. What kind of convenience is used by lay people who are busy with life and want to practice, and there are also sequential methods to practice Buddhism. Please give me advice?Master Yanci replied: When busy people practice, they should recite the Buddha's name more often.The Amitabha Sutra says: Buddha
Han peopleTime: 2025-07-03
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Master Daojian: Construction of the stage of Chinese Buddhism
Abstract: After more than 2,000 years of inheritance history, Han Buddhism has combined different ethnic customs and cultural phenomena to form various sects suitable for the psychology of various ethnic groups, spreading them to the world, causing countless people to
Han peopleTime: 2025-06-18
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A tailor-made path to study
After studying "Thoughts on the Sequences of Buddhist Practice", I have many touches and feelings because there are too many contents related to me, and I am simply me.In the context of the five major elements, the instructor said: "In more than ten thousand volumes of the three collections,
Buddhist fablesTime: 2025-05-20
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Master Jingjie: After practicing, how do you know that you have made progress?
After practicing, how do you know that you have made progress? Master Jingjie, how do you know that you have made progress through practicing theory and matter? (You can check yourself from three aspects. )(one )【Big】: What is big? It is to wait for harmony and is incredible.You meet
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-15
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Master Daji Nirvana: The only way to become a Buddha - the path to perfection of giving 1. The beginning of giving (six )How to introduce the worldly giving into the worldly giving practices
(six )How to introduce the practice of worldly giving into the worldly giving practice 1. Why did the Buddha speak of giving first to sentient beings? When each Buddha first preaches to sentient beings, he first talks about the practice of giving, then talks about the principles of keeping precepts, and then talks about the five demerits, so that sentient beings behave into moral norms, from
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-02
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Master Zhihai replied: Many people who practice Buddhism now say that it’s good to just recite the Buddha’s name.There is no need to learn anything else. Students think that Pure Land is a very profound method.
Master Zhihai replied: Of course, there are many ways to recite the Buddha’s name.It is best not to reject other methods because of our foundation.If you know that your human body is in danger and your karma is known, as long as you can have faith and aspirations in the Pure Land, it will be the same as when we learn from the Three Collections and Twelve Classics.
Han peopleTime: 2025-03-18
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Master Zhiyu: The Great and Bright Awakening of the Scholars of the Great and Bright Awakening of the Great Meaning of the Scholars
The Great and Broad Enlightenment of the Practice of the Great and Broad Enlightenment of the Practice of the Daluo ■The 43rd time to study Master: Everyone should know that Buddhism is incredible. There are indeed four stages of listening, thinking, and practicing. If you practice it in practice, you will know it.After practicing sincerely, use it in daily life
Han peopleTime: 2025-03-04
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Master Da'an: How to study Pure Land by lay Buddhists
Layman: What views and practices should lay Buddhists who practice Pure Land should hold in the understanding and practice of worldly and transcendental laws? Please give instructions!Master: The lay Buddhists who practice Pure Land must first establish a mentality and knowledge corresponding to the Pure Land method of chanting Buddha's name. The Pure Land method is
Master Da'anTime: 2025-02-20
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Master Da'an: How should beginners in Pure Land practice
Lay Buddhist A: How should those who are new to Pure Land practice and learn to gain real benefits?Master: Those who are new to Pure Land should cultivate firm faith and aspirations as their priority.There are two types of faith, faith and truth.Faith in the affairs (or belief in the faith) means believing in the two existences, which is what the Amitabha Sutra says
Master Da'anTime: 2025-01-18
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Master Weixian: The basic principles for practicing Buddhism
2007On August 9, 2018, I gave a message to the respected Chief Xia Lin in the Buddhist Layman Forest of Beijing. Dear Master Guardians: I came out of Chongqing this time and went through Beijing to Wutai Mountain to attend the completion and consecration ceremony of the Fazun Memorial Hall built by Guangzong Temple in Wutai Mountain.Master Fazun is my personal teaching
Han peopleTime: 2025-01-03
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Only by sowing seeds many times can you harvest the fruits many times
The Buddha’s teachings: Only by sowing seeds many times can you harvest the fruits many times. The Buddha lives in the Bamboo Garden of Galanda in Raja City.In the morning, the Buddha put on his robes, and chose no matter the rich and poor, begging for food in order, and thus came to the residence of Fire and Brahmins, Fire and Brahmins.
Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2024-12-31
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Master Yin Guang: "Essentials of Lingyan Dharma" and the difficulty of studying and learning [1]
《"The Essence of Lingyan Dharma" 5, the Difficulties of Practice and Study 1, Distinguishing the Methods ㈠Although there are many Zen and Pure Land methods, there are only two essentials. Although there are many special methods, there are only two essentials.It is said that Zen and purity are the easiest to escape.Zen only has its own strength, and purity also has the power of Buddha.The two methods are purified and the best opportunity is to purify.If a person crosses the sea, he must rely on a boat.
Han peopleTime: 2024-11-16
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Outline of the Practice of Medicine Dharma (attachment: Simple Practice of Medicine Dharma)
Outline of the Practice of Medicine Master’s Method (Fu: Simple Practice of Medicine Master’s Method) Pu Guang Compilation 1. Summary: To practice the Medicine Master’s Method, faith should be used as the beginning, the four major goals are guided, and to focus on reciting the Buddha’s name as the practice.And the key points are as follows: (1) Faith: All Tathagata bodies
Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2024-11-06
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The Pure Land Dharma: Practice and study to make aspirations, and be the first to save enemies, relatives and debtors
Dear fellow practitioners, when you practice, don’t just think about yourself, but you should dedicate all the merits you have learned to your enemies, relatives and creditors during your lifetime.What I practice today is meritorious, and I will share the merits with you all. I hope you don’t cause trouble.I'll fix it
Towards the Pure LandTime: 2024-08-22
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Master Zhisui: Talking about how to choose good teachers to study Pure Land
From the mouth of chanting Amitabha, I can talk about how to choose a good teacher who practices Pure Land from the mouth and crying out of my throat. If we encounter other different knowledge and different views, we will hinder our Pure Land Dharma, we must have a standard, that is, we only believe in the Buddhist language, not believe in Bodhisattvas.
Han peopleTime: 2024-08-05
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Even if you work hard, you may not gain any gains.
Some people are born with good fortune, so they can earn a lot of wealth whether they are doing business or in the workplace;Some people have not had a good fortune in their wealth, and even diligent work may not be rewarded accordingly.Encountered
Feng Shui KnowledgeTime: 2024-06-02
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Master Hsing Yun: There are 8 things in life that cannot be replaced and you will gain after reading them
When I saw a young child doing homework, my mother loved her son very much, so she said, "Child, go to bed, your mother will do the homework for you."Until one day, the child's hand was cut by a knife, he shouted, "Mom, it hurts so much, can you make me hurt?
Master NebulaTime: 2024-05-30
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The status of taking refuge in the Three Jewels in practicing Buddhism
The status of taking refuge in the Three Jewels in the practice of Buddhism. Although there are the Three Collections and Twelve Classics and 84,000 tips, there are joint methods;And there are also basic rules in practice.No matter what sect you choose or what tips you learn, you can't avoid these things
Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2024-04-20
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Master Silence: Plant a rich seed for life and harvest an incredible world
Each of us must always be a lecturer, because only by positioning ourselves as a lecturer who leads sentient beings can his wisdom grow as fast as possible.Position yourself as a devotee in this world, neither for fame nor for profit, his blessings will grow rapidly.Buddhism is not
Master SilentTime: 2024-03-12
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Exclusive interview with athlete Ge Van. Martin: What is the biggest gain of being a vegetarian?
Garcia Martin lives in Brisbane, Australia, 25 years old and loves fitness, outdoor sports, cooking and travel.Ge Wu is always looking for new challenges and is passionate about volunteering on social justice issues.His motto is: Birth wonderfully in limited life
Vegetarian CelebrityTime: 2023-12-26
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Practice Buddhism
Master Shucheng, who practiced Buddhism, wrote that in the past, there was a king in India, with many names, many qualities, gentle minds and servicing Brahmanism.One day, the king suddenly became kind and wanted to give great gifts. He then sacrificed the national treasury and accumulated seven treasures like a mountain, and gave them to him with his own hands. Every beggar would be a handful of them.
Collection of Dharma Sounds·Music AllusionsTime: 2023-10-08
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Khenpo Dazhen - Can you recite other scriptures every day during the process of practice?
Khenpo Dazhen: Can you recite other scriptures every day during the process of practice?During the process of studying, can you recite other scriptures every day?Is this considered mixed, or is it a lack of confidence in this inheritance?You can also recite other classics, but other
Common knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2023-09-14
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Khenpo Sodaji: I have been converting for more than ten years, but my level of cultivation seems to have not improved, and my life has become more and more difficult in recent years. What should I do?
Khenpo Sodaji: I have been converting for more than ten years, but my level of cultivation seems to have not improved, and my life has become more and more difficult in recent years. What should I do?Question: I have been converting for more than ten years, but due to my deep evil karma, I seem to have not made any progress in my practice and my current state has not made much progress in recent years.
Common knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2023-08-31
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Sodaji Khenpo: Should people with families give up their partners in order to practice Buddhism
Khenpo Sodaji: Should people with families give up their partners in order to practice Buddhism? Question: How should people with families view their families on the road to learning Buddhism? Will finding a partner affect their practice? Should people with families give up their partners in order to practice Buddhism?
Common knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2023-08-29
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Methods and practice process of chanting Buddha’s name (1 and 2)
Methods and practice of reciting Buddha's name [Recite the Buddha's name ]The two words seem very simple, but nothing is as simple as the surface. There must be differences in sequence and method, so this article is proposed on the first and second floors. [Beginners in chanting Buddha ]and [Advanced Buddha chanting ]The sequence method,
The method of reciting BuddhaTime: 2023-08-28
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The Dharma of being a human being: Learn to be tolerant and gain a lifetime
Learn to be tolerant and gain the closer you get to the truth in your life, the more you can tolerate others.Bai Yansong, a famous host of Zen CCTV, wrote an essay to his children: Child, I hope you have tolerance, because once you have tolerance, it will make you
Buddhist story: The Dharma of being a human beingTime: 2023-08-22
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Buddhism in life: Only by knowing how to give can you gain happiness
People who know how to give can only gain happiness by making others live happily will also be very happy.There is a story in Zen Buddhist scriptures: There is a good grown man who by chance obtained the rarest and most precious sandalwood in the world.
Buddhist story: The Dharma of being a human beingTime: 2023-08-22
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Sowing the seeds of kindness will bring happiness
In autumn, rice is ripe, the fields are golden, farmers gather to celebrate the harvest, and the earth is filled with joy.When the Buddha came to the farm, many people respectfully offered him.There was only one stubborn farmer who was very angry and said furiously: "We usually
Cause and effectTime: 2023-08-14
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Buddhist story: A little story of gratitude: Reaping a better life
In a better life, what you do may not be recognized by others, perhaps this will become a tangle in your heart at that time.However, after experiencing it, thinking carefully, the baptism of time can gradually mature.At this time, I feel
Buddhist story: A little story of gratitudeTime: 2023-08-13
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Buddhist stories: Dharma Sound Collection: Practice Buddhist Dharma
Master Shucheng, who practiced Buddhism, wrote that in the past, there was a king in India, with many names, many qualities, gentle minds and servicing Brahmanism.One day, the king suddenly became kind and wanted to give great gifts. He then sacrificed the national treasury and accumulated seven treasures like a mountain, and gave them to him with his own hands. Every beggar would be a handful of them.
Buddhist stories: Collection of Dharma Sounds·Music AllusionsTime: 2023-08-08
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Buddhist Story: Biography of the Ten Disciples: Eight Great Persons Awakening
The eight great masters, Anaru, were still practicing while preaching the Dharma. One day, when he was sitting in the village of Shoushuizhu in Zhiti Kingdom, he thought, "The Tao is not obtained by greed, but by contentment;It's not a noisy place to ask for it
Buddhist Story: Biography of the Top Ten DisciplesTime: 2023-07-31
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Khenpo Dazhen: Some senior brothers want to withdraw from their studies, what should I do
Khenpo Dazhen: Some senior brothers want to withdraw from the practice, what should I do? Some senior brothers want to withdraw from the practice, what should I do?If a Vajra brother encounters an obstacle and says he wants to withdraw from his practice and no longer listen to the master's Dharma, what should we do?Answer: Now is the Dharma-Ending Age
Common knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2023-07-29
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Mr. Lingshan: Is such a bad person qualified to practice Buddhism?
Mr. Lingshan: Is such a bad person qualified to practice Buddhism?Someone asked: I have a serious addiction to smoking and often beat my wife and children drunk. Can you ask, is such a bad person still qualified to practice Buddhism? Lingshan lay Buddhist: Chuangba Rinpoche was once a member of the past
Common knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2023-07-28
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Professor Wei Dedong: Consciousness-Only Thoughts and Buddhist Practice
Professor Wei Dedong: Consciousness-Only Thoughts and Buddhist Practice Wei Dedong Summary: I mainly discuss four issues with you.First of all, there is the basic meaning of consciousness-only. I hope to summarize it in three propositions. This is the theory of consciousness-only, the eight consciousnesses, and the transformation of consciousness into wisdom. Finally, I will talk about it.
Beginner knowledgeTime: 2023-07-27
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Reading the Bible has given me incredible gains
This is a real response that happened to me. I only obtained Buddhism at the age of 48 because I have heavy karma and shallow blessings. Although I have not learned Buddhism for a long time, I have benefited a lot. The following is my real response after reading the scriptures. I wrote it to share it with fellow practitioners to enhance people's further understanding of Buddhism.
Response to chanting BuddhaTime: 2023-07-24
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Yuanjin: A brief discussion on my induction, experience and gains in copying the Diamond Sutra
2001In the spring of 2018, I was hospitalized in a hospital in Chaoyang District, Beijing due to illness. The situation was not very good at that time.I suffer from a neurological disease called muscular dystrophy. There is currently no exact and effective treatment method, and although hospitalization is only maintained
Response to chanting BuddhaTime: 2023-07-20
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The Four Major Stages of Practice and Guide Book List of the First Introductory Study
There are many friends who are just starting to learn Buddhism at the beginning of the four stages of Buddhism. They often ask how to start learning Buddhism? What are the processes, steps and methods of learning Buddhism? The practice of Buddhism can be divided into four stages, namely "faith, understanding, practice, and proof.""one
Getting startedTime: 2023-06-17
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Master Jingjie: One-way practice is taboo
In our practice, we are very taboo to practice one-way.What is one-way? Some people only practice things but not rational views.There is only one kind of power in his life that is circulating, but his mind is weak and he cannot get out of the past karma and delusions.
Jinglu SocietyTime: 2022-11-29
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Sowing and harvesting in Futian, Fortitude and Sad fields
People often say: Good will be rewarded, and evil will be rewarded. It is not that there is no reward, and the time has not come.Even though that's the case, few people actually believe this sentence.People always believe that if you commit good and evil karma, the consequences should appear immediately, otherwise you will doubt it.But anything
Dazhen KanbuTime: 2021-10-31
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How should I work hard to practice the Pure Land Method
2015On September 24, 2018, under the commission of Master Da'an, a group of staff from the editorial department of "Pure Land" magazine made a special trip to Lingyanshan Temple in Suzhou to visit the elder Mingxue.The elder was respected and lived in simplicity. He heard that the Pure Land magazine came and accepted an exclusive interview happily.
Senior Senior MingTime: 2021-10-21
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Altruism does not seek rewards, sometimes there will be unexpected gains
In the process of altruism, although some people do not seek any reward, sometimes the cause and condition is incredible and unexpected gains will occur.In the past, when the Buddha was in the causal realm, he gave his body, property, throne, wife and children every time he gave him his body, property, throne, wife and children. Indra asked him what he was doing, and he
Sodaji KanbuTime: 2021-10-20
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To practice the Pure Land Method, you must go deep into the understanding and practice.
When practicing Pure Land Method, you must not read too much or too complicated at first, and you must go deep into both understanding and practice.How to go deeper into the solution and action?You should read the books on Pure Land Sect: the Five Sutras and One Treatise on Pure Land Sect, and the works of the Chinese Pure Land Sect ancestors.We need to practice it repeatedly here,
Master Da'anTime: 2021-10-19
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What wish should you make when you practice Pure Land?
Faith and vows are the key to rebirth.Master Huiyi made it clear: whether to be reborn depends entirely on the existence and existence of faith and aspiration.As long as you have true faith and sincere wishes, you can be reborn in ten thoughts at the end of your life, even one thought.On the other hand, if you have no faith and wish, even if you hold your name until the wind cannot blow it in, the rain will beat you.
Master ChangzhenTime: 2021-10-09
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There are ten wonderful things in practicing the Shurangama Mantra
(1) Wonderful and pure: If you recite mantras with your sincerity, you will be able to purify the three karmas of body, speech and mind. If you recite them sincerely, you will easily achieve a pure and bright body.(2) Miraculously cure diseases: chanting mantras with sincerity. Severe and difficult to cure diseases will be cured quickly and will quickly relieve pain.(3) Wonderful wealth and honor: chant mantra with sincerity
Fang HaiquanTime: 2021-09-08
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Reasons for practicing Ksitigarbha Sutra and Ksitigarbha Dharma
Why do we need to practice the Ksitigarbha Dharma?First of all, many masters advocate that everyone should practice the Ksitigarbha Sutra and the Ksitigarbha Dharma.Like Master Lianchi of the Pure Land Sect, he once went to seclusion to study the Ksitigarbha Dharma, and he has practiced the Ksitigarbha Dharma all his life.In addition, Master Hongyi of the Vinaya School
Master ChengguanTime: 2021-08-20
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Falling is not necessarily a bad thing, sometimes unexpected gains
There is a fishing king who is very distressed because his three sons have very average fishing skills.He often complains to people: I have taught skills since my sons became sensible, but why are they not as good as ordinary children?After hearing this, a passerby asked: You have always been step by step
Master NebulaTime: 2021-08-08
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The merits and benefits of practicing the Ten Great Vows of Samantabhadra
(1)The Bodhisattva appeared in the underworld and was given to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. He transformed himself into others with the Ten Great Vow Kings, attained samadhi freedom, and took charge of the virtues of all Buddhas, and became the eldest son of all Buddhas.For all sentient beings who can practice the Ten Great Vow Kings, they often ride on the six teeth and white elephants to the practitioners, appear in person to preach, comfort and encourage,
Master WenzhuTime: 2021-07-13
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Various wrong paths in Buddhist practice
After entering Buddhism, if you do not work hard to subdue your troubles, the terrible enemy of self-attachment and self-attachment in the samsara will still develop in a different way.Or hope to become a Buddhist leader and a celebrity, and seek the reputation of religious and philanthropists;Or take the top of the mountain
Yixi Pengcuo KanbuTime: 2021-07-12
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Four stages that need to go through to practice Buddhism
The process of a person practicing Buddhism requires about four stages. We can simply summarize it as: connection, right view, right practice, and right practice.The first stage of understanding the macro-level understanding of all life phenomena is the stage of making connections, such as going to a temple to worship Buddha,
Master RuxiaoTime: 2021-07-08