Impetuous times Impetuous heart What makes us so uneasy?

Gen-la Daisui: What is the criterion for testing whether life is awakened?

The criterion for testing whether or not he has woken up is actually a sentence that Zhishou Bodhisattva asked Manjushri in the "Huayan Sutra Pure Conduct": For a person whose life has been awakened, he can do it without fault. No fault, body, speech, mind, these seven words are very

Han charactersDate: 2025-07-09

Gen-la Daisui: What is the most important lesson we need to do now?

There was a female layman, after she studied Buddhism, she was still very distressed. I once said, "I had troubles in the past, so I hope that studying Buddhism can stop my troubles." But it seems that after I studied Buddhism, I felt more troubled. Because I feel that after studying Buddhism, I feel like a son

Han charactersTime: 2025-07-08

What are Mahayana and Hinayana in Buddhism?

The Buddha said to the audience with shallow roots, the fundamental principle of being a human being, holding the five precepts, and cultivating the ten virtues, which is called the human heavenly vehicle; For people with a strong sense of misanthropy, it is said that the method of liberation from birth and death is called Hinayana of shravaka; For listeners with deep roots and a sad desire to incarnate in the world, that is

Buddha cultureDate: 2025-07-04

Liberation awakens our Buddha nature

Our release today is the solemnity of our life, and this lesson of liberation, when we think about it, will produce a lot of noble qualities. It's like we were going to kill and eat meat ourselves, and we didn't seem to feel anything, why? Because of this

LiberationDate: 2025-07-03

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

Believers: Are the Buddhist things done in the temple, such as transcendence, longevity, and auspiciousness to pay off debts, are they in accordance with the Dharma? Can we do it? Gen-la: What do you mean by Buddhahood? Buddha things are able to enable sentient beings to realize the Buddha nature inherent in our own nature, return home, and get rid of life and death

Master DaanDate: 2025-07-02

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

Recently, incidents of injury and repercussions caused by the release of animals have occurred from time to time, and due to the improper selection of release methods, locations and release targets, resulting in injuries and panic incidents, which have been reported continuously. Qingdao, July 18, 2008

LiberationDate: 2025-06-30

Spring is coming, the sun is shining, nature is glad to open its eyes, and everything is full of life. Whether it's a beautiful morning or a happy Saturday and Sunday. Everything is so pleasant. Spring is coming, let's go and release the animals! Alone

LiberationTime: 2025-06-29

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

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

When the Spring Festival arrived, the little pig said to the mother pig: Mom, how do we spend the Spring Festival? Mother Pig held back her tears: Child, go to bed early, you have to take good care of yourself in the future. Looking at the sleeping child, the mother pig left tears: Mom can't celebrate the Spring Festival anymore

Release LibraryTime: 2025-06-26

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

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

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

Could you please tell us how we observe it in our daily life and work? Whether in work, life, leisure time or when you get along with others, you must know that everything is impermanent and changing, there is no eternal stay, and all dharmas are empty.

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-22

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

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

[Light eyes said.] There is no doubt about the mother. Choked up and cried. And the white. She is my mother. Knowing this sin. What kind of industry. Fall into the evil way. The servant replied. Killed and slandered the second karma to be punished. If it weren't for the blessings. Rescue me. It's karma. Unconjunct liberation. Bare eyes asked

The Venerable Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-06-17

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

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

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

Initiates: What is the basis for the practice of Buddhism for disciples at home? Teacher: When we study Buddhism, we have to "start a journey of a thousand miles with a single step", and we can't pursue what we want to do immediately, which is a wrong state of mind. First of all, we must adjust our mentality well, adjust our body well, and put it around

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-06

Initiates: Master, I wrote a poem: Affection, emotion is like a mountain, emotion is like chaos. If you let go of all the love of children and all the feelings of the world, you will be able to solve the Dharma of your heart, you will be able to go from one shore to the other, and you will be happy all the time. This is

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-06

What is the difference between gongbi painting and freehand painting, it is generally believed that Chinese painting is divided into two kinds: gongbi painting and freehand painting, gongbi painting is the vulgar production of craftsmen, and freehand painting is the elegant art of literati; Because the former puts painting in the first place, it is the painting that is passed on by the painting, and the person is passed on by the painting

Knowledge of calligraphy and paintingTime: 2025-06-06

Believers: Master, when we dedicate merit to sentient beings, what is the greatest dedication merit? Master: When we dedicate merit to sentient beings, we do so on the basis of our Dharma practice. For example, if we recite Amitabha, we are doing our own homework.

Han charactersDate: 2025-06-05

Pure Land Dharma Master: What is the difference between karma and cause and effect? Question: This is a question about cause and effect, is there a cause and effect? What is the difference from cause and effect? Master Pure Land replied: This is to clarify the meaning of these three words. Everything is the birth of a thing

comeuppanceDate: 2025-06-05

Some people say that I only recite the Buddha to seek rebirth, which is also very simple, with enough faith and will, to ensure that the righteous thoughts of dying are not lost, and then I can die. When you get there, which one do you sit on, it depends on how much effort you have put in here now, and you don't want to buy it when you get there

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-04

How do we deal with these things and some helpless things? Do your best, do your best to ambulance. If there is really no way for us to do it, then there is no way. You can't stand this in your heart, how do you do it? I can't stand it,

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-04

There is this meaning in the Nirvana Sutra, and in this sense, there are three worlds for all beings, how can the three worlds be understood? The third life is this life, the past life and the future life. Past lives include the past life after life, and the future life is like this, and the flow is endless

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-03

If there is no Zen and there is a pure land, what does it mean that ten thousand people will go to ten thousand cultivators? Even if you don't understand a lot of the principles of the Dharma, even if you haven't reconciled the relationship between this and that scripture, even if you don't know what the Buddha really means

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-03

Shakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya Buddha are fellow practitioners and have practiced together, but the biggest difference between them is that one Shakyamuni Buddha and one Maitreya Buddha have a difference of more than 5.67 billion years to become a Buddha, because the progress of refinement is not enough, if you do not improve, even if you do good

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-03

Money and fame are not our place of refuge, some do not know how to seek refuge, some seek refuge, and some seek refuge by mistake, so why not seek refuge? Fascinated by the things of this world, I think it is very meaningful and full of happiness. When impermanence comes, when you wake up from your dream,

golden sayingTime: 2025-06-01

Jianzhen Dongdu became famous in later generations, if you know what he took to Japan, you may hate him Speaking of the most famous monk in history, I am afraid that in addition to Tang Xuanzang, it is Jianzhen Monk. After all, only these two monks were rampant in history textbooks

golden sayingTime: 2025-05-31

There are different views on the outer paths and different views on the inner and outer paths: some of them believe that aggregates arise at random, occasionally from self, occasionally from self-nature, occasionally from earth, water, fire, wind, and air, or, as some schools claim, from God or anything else

Buddha cultureDate: 2025-05-29

Zhong Maosen: What is the difference between precepts and beliefsAnswer: Precepts and wisdom are called "three learnings", which lead to all the methods, the 84,000 methods taught by the Buddha, and all the doors can make you become a Buddha; But faith and vow practice are mainly taught in the Pure Land sect. Faith, the Pure Land sect says

golden sayingDate: 2025-05-29

Such a story is told in the twenty-third chapter of the "Dharma Sentence Parable Sutra". One day, when the Buddha was in the Buddha's retreat, four monks were under a tree and discussing, "What is the most bitter thing in the world?" The first monk sighed and said, "There is nothing in the world more than lust."

Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-27

While the Buddha was in the Acropolis, four newly converted disciples got together to discuss their spiritual experiences. It was the time of year, when the flowers were full of beautiful and bright flowers, with a rich fragrance, and bees and butterflies fluttering among the flowers. These four brothers

Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-24

(1) Faith Achievement: Why is faith the first to be? Faith is the source of merit and virtue, and it nurtures all the roots of goodness. 'Faith is the root of the Tao, the mother of merit, it can increase the root of all goodness, faith is particularly important, and the "Treatise on Great Wisdom" cloud: the great sea of Buddhism is the ability of faith

The Venerable Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-05-22

Salute to the Mage! In the Eight Difficulties of "Increasing One Ah Han Sutra", it is said that cultivating arhats without Buddha is one of the eight difficulties, and now it is a world without Buddhas. Venerable Master Ming Zheng taught: When there is no Buddha, you should cultivate the 12 karmas, and you should practice the path of an arhat, no

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-21

Before Shakyamuni became a Buddha, who did he meet at the end? The possession of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva is the incarnation of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva, and in those few minutes, through any human body or a physical body, you can follow the retribution and the right retribution, as long as it can touch you, make you enlightened, and make you turn back

Buddhist fablesDate: 2025-05-21

Shakyamuni did not leave Buddhist scriptures after Nirvana? What did the four assemblies in the history of Buddhism do? (Northern Twilight Talks on Ancient Indian Culture No. 74) Text|At the beginning of the establishment of Buddhism, Shakyamuni was in a very embarrassing situation. Brahmanism at that time for

Buddhist fablesDate: 2025-05-21

Netizens asked Master: There are many people who say that asking for Medicine Buddha and asking for what you get, doesn't this fuel people's desires? Is it contradictory to Buddhist renunciation? Gen Miaohua replied: That's a good question! First of all, Medicine Buddha is satisfying everyone's life and survival

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-20

Venerable Enlightenment, Amitabha, there are many people in today's society, campuses, including Buddhist academies who do not have correct knowledge, but they go around preaching incorrect Dharma and teaching incorrect practice methods. Venerable Enlightenment taught: No

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-20

The Diamond Sutra and Our Life, Deputy Director of the Educational Affairs Department of the Buddhist Association of China Venerable Miaohua The Diamond Sutra has not been as rooted in China as the Diamond Sutra since it was translated by Venerable Kumarosh and Venerable Xuanzang

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-19

Q: What is the situation of often dreaming of ghosts or deceased relatives? Who to ask for help? Answer: The Buddha said in the Jizo Sutra that if all sentient beings in future lives, etc., either in a dream or when they wake up, they will see many ghosts and spirits and all kinds of strange ghosts and gods

Master DaanDate: 2025-05-19

The Four Meditations of the Color World 1 and the First Meditation are to eliminate all kinds of troubles and desires in various ways to achieve the state of carefree and desireless. Although Chu Zen has been freed from the evil and ungood laws of the realm of desire, it still retains primitive thinking such as seeking and serving. 2. The second meditation is to further remove both consciousness and contemplation, no

Buddha utensilsDate: 2025-05-17