Daily Zen: If all the people in the world were monks......

Master of the Pure Land Method: How can this old man become a monk because he has not had any good causes for 500 lifetimes?

On the Lotus Sutra, the Lord tells us a story. When the Lord was alive, there was an old man who asked to become a monk with the Buddha. In the past, monks had to attain fruition, and at the very least, they also had to attain the fruition of Sudra, and there were countless people who attained the fruition of Stohan, Arhat, and Bodhisattva

Pure Land MethodTime: 2025-06-20

The seven-year-old prodigy became a monk and said that he had been reincarnated five times in five families

In ancient times, there was a practitioner who had attained the status of an arhat and lived in the deep mountains to protect his position. In the village at the foot of the mountain, there is a seven-year-old prodigy, because of his good roots in the world, he experienced the impermanence and transience of the world at a young age, and wanted to explore where life comes from.

Knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2025-06-20

Venerable vows: Is it mandatory for a person to take the five precepts? Some people say that if you don't take the five precepts, you will have little or no merit in chanting.

Initiates: Father, is it mandatory for a person to take the five precepts? Some people say that if you don't take the five precepts, you will have little or no merit in chanting. However, the five precepts are more difficult for people who are new to Buddhism, and there is a lot of controversy among the people around them, so please ask Master to give a lecture. Teacher: First

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-07

Initiates: People should make more contributions to society, so that human society can make progress; If everyone recites Buddha and is in a monastery, can human civilization develop? Teacher: China has a history of nearly 5,000 years

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-06

Initiates: If you want to become a monk, what should you say to your parents? How to deal with your social responsibility? Teacher: Not everyone can become a monk, and it takes fate, not necessarily everyone has the fate to become a monk. If you really practice for yourself, it's different

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-06

Initiates: Master, if you don't break the five precepts in your body, but you have this thought in your heart, have you broken the precepts? Teacher: The precepts are divided into Mahayana vows and Hinayana vows. In the Hinayana vows, for example, if you want to drink in your heart, but you don't drink it, this is not a violation of the precepts, Hinayana vows

Han charactersTime: 2025-06-06

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was an old monk who lived in seclusion at the peak of Mount Emei. The old monk does not go down the mountain all year round, does not eat, does not drink water, and meditates with his eyes closed. There was a little monk who followed him, and from time to time he went down the mountain to buy rice to cook and eat for himself. In this way, the old monk meditated for more than ten years, and the apprentice followed ten

Knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2025-06-02

There was a brahmin in the city of Rayuegi, and he heard that the people of the country were filial to their parents, believed in the Dharma, and were good at cultivating the Tao, and offered the Three Jewels of the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. He longed for it so much that he wanted to go to the country of Shawei for sightseeing and to study Buddhism. When he arrived at the kingdom of Shewei, he saw that there was

Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-29

We are not yet sages, and we may make mistakes, consciously or unconsciously, and get troubled from time to time, so one of the things we have to do every day is to reflect on ourselves. Every night before going to bed, do some introspection to check if you have made mistakes and whether you are troubled. want

Han charactersTime: 2025-05-28

Shakyamuni, why did he refuse his aunt to become a monk three times, and did the "Eight Respects Dharma" discriminate against bhikshunis? We know that before Shakyamuni became a monk, he was Kapilawei

Talking about the Buddha and talking about Zen enlightenment lifeDate: 2025-05-25

1. Q: What is true? The Venerable Master: If you can benefit others as much as possible, not yourself, that's true

The Venerable Master XuanhuaDate: 2025-05-21

Features: mellow taste and unique flavor Operation method: 1. Raw materials required: tofu milk, potatoes. 2. Wash and cut the raw potatoes into pieces, put them in a pot of water and cook them for 8 to 10 minutes, then peel them and set aside. 3. Pour oil, add a few peppercorns and ginger (cut into granules)

banquetDate: 2025-05-15

Ingredients: tofu, shiitake mushrooms, wolfberry, ginger, seasonings, dried chili peppers, peppercorns, cumin powder, curry powder, perilla, parsley leavesMethod: 1. Cut the tofu into small pieces, fry it slightly in oil for later use;

banquetDate: 2025-05-14

Ingredients: tomato, potatoes, cowpeas, mushrooms, carrots, tomato paste, cheese, chopped dried parsley. Method: 1. Wash the cowpeas and cut them into small pieces. Place in a pot of boiling water, cook and set aside. 2. Peel and wash the potatoes, cut the nail pieces and set aside. 3. Tomatoes wash and dry

banquetTime: 2025-05-13

Required raw materials: Lotus root and fungus operation method: 1. Peel and cut the lotus root into thin slices, soak the fungus in warm water and wash it. 2. Cook the lotus root and fungus in a pot of clean water, and drain the fungus after cooling and boiling water after taking it out of the pot (equivalent to cleaning again.)

banquetDate: 2025-05-12

【Learning Buddhism and Teaching with Fate】The world is cloudy and old to cultivate, there is no old or young on the Huangquan Road, there is a crow, holding a piece of stinky meat, resting in the middle of the road, suddenly a lot of eagles flew behind, all to compete for the crow's stinky meat. The crow was very angry, and scolded the eagles:

comeuppanceDate: 2025-05-11

Features: fragrant, original operation method: 1. Raw materials required: fresh waxy corn, potatoes, green beans, a few jujubes. 2. Put the fresh glutinous corn in the pot and cook for 15 to 20 minutes. 3. Wash and peel the raw potatoes and cut them into pieces

banquetDate: 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

Characteristics: nutritious, delicious and fragrant. Raw materials required: shiitake mushrooms, vegetarian sausages, cabbage. Operation method: 1. Soak the mushrooms in warm water and wash them, slice the vegetarian sausages, and wash the cabbage. 2. Pour the oil, put the minced ginger and a few peppercorns, and fry the mushrooms

banquetDate: 2025-05-10

For example, if the Venerable Master answers: Those who are happy to become a monk (Sanskrit pravrajya) will be able to absorb the ten kinds of merits: 1. Freedom from desires. 2. Le Aranya (Sanskrit aranya). 3. Do what the Buddha does

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-08

Although theoretically the difference between dried vegetables and fresh vegetables is only the amount of water, they actually taste like two completely different things, such as dried shiitake mushrooms and fresh shiitake mushrooms, dried beans and fresh beans, have completely different tastes and textures. The advantage of dried vegetables is that they are shelf-stable

banquetDate: 2025-05-08

Venerable Chongci replied: When we study Buddhism, we should reflect on ourselves, cultivate our own mind, and get rid of our troubles and habits, not with troubles for troubles and habits for habits. Don't do what happens if everyone doesn't kill, what happens if everyone becomes a monk, these almost ridiculous falsehoods

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-07

Sangha Treasure Treatise 57, Becoming a Monk (Attached to My Cause for Becoming a Monk No. 7) I was born in 1973 and was born in the 70s. He was born in the middle of the Cultural Revolution, a time when religious beliefs were eradicated. Even in 1982 the state introduced a policy to restore freedom of religious belief, I

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-05

After Shakyamuni became a monk of the same clan as Shakyamuni, many Shakyamuni people were Buddhized and became monks one after another, and many of them became important disciples of the Buddha. The Sutras such as the Shakya Sutra record their ordination karma: Venerable Ananda Venerable Ananda is Hu

Han charactersDate: 2025-05-04

Shakyamuni Buddha (I) Omniscient Maipen Rinpoche by Khenpo Sodaji Translated Wu'an Ninja 66 Shakyamuni Buddha was reborn as an elephant a long time ago, and lived in a dense forest with many birds and animals, and the forest environment was beautiful. Elegant as white

Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2025-05-04

Questioner: Ma Wenbo) Venerable Zhenyuan replied: The merits of being a monk are immeasurable, and being affectionate can send out the heart of a family, which is worthy of joy and admiration! However, the fundamental purpose of monastic practice is to renounce and to give relief to all sentient beings. Parents are also among the sentient beings, and parents oppose it, and it is unfilial piety to do the opposite. Baishan

Han charactersTime: 2025-04-27

In the third year of the Buddha's enlightenment, he returned from Magadha in the south to his hometown of the Acropolis of Kabira. From the King of Pure Rice to all the people of the Shakya tribe, they all went outside the city to welcome the Buddha, and the only ones who did not participate in the welcoming procession were Yajendhara and Rahula. In Yayandha

Knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2025-04-26

Ten years of studying Buddhism and becoming a monk———— it seems that everything contains some kind of meaning, but what is the definite meaning? I don't know yet. It should be part of the blueprint of life, which is innate; maybe

Han charactersDate: 2025-04-16

Taoism would rather call ten people to return to the vulgar, not to persuade one person to become a monk "Buddhism since the Eastern Han Dynasty was introduced into China, the fate has been ups and downs, in history, it has had the heyday of "four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty". There has also been the fatal blow of "three martial arts and one sect to destroy the Buddha". Buddhism

Enlightened timeDate: 2025-04-16

A layman named Miaorong, she had a headache for 30 years, the reason is that in her previous life, as a monk, she had destroyed Dharma weapons, and this layman wrote about her own experience: I know this layman, I once personally heard Venerable Renda talk about her, and I think it is necessary to write it out and share it with the public

Han charactersDate: 2025-03-15

The Pure Land Dharma advises people to endure humiliation, be content and happy, and purify their bodies and minds. The opposite of patience is impetuousness, and it is difficult to achieve impetuousness. As the ancients said, "Unsatisfactory things are always the case."

Pure Land MethodDate: 2025-03-04

Guru's Teachings: If you can generate a solution to the method of cause and effect, then you will never create negative karma again, you will never do bad things again, and it will be easy to control your thoughts. It's hard to say if there is no causal solution. If a country or all the people in the world

comeuppanceDate: 2025-02-13

There is a beautiful woman named Ding Lanlan who has a twisted and unfortunate life experience. She was once raped because of her beauty, and she was divorced and became a singing girl. Later, he pursued sexual liberation and indulgence, and finally suffered from cervical cancer. Two months for surgery

comeuppanceDate: 2025-02-13

Master Zhisui gave the original text: From the "Lingfeng Sect Treatise", we can see the standard of Master Yuyi's practice, and there are similarities with Master Shandao's thoughts. Here are three relevant paragraphs in French. The first paragraph: "No matter if it is thousands or ten, down to one voice, but it will not be replaced for life, and it will be decided to surpass."

Han charactersTime: 2025-02-03

Date: 1970-01-01

With the support and help of the power of willingness, the Venerable Master will always be together with wisdom and proclaim the Venerable Master's compassionate teachings: "You can enter the same place as you like, and with all the wishes of the sea, with all the wisdom and perseverance, to the best of your ability." "These great bodhisattvas are able to follow the convenient Dharma and enter all places. The law of convenience is

The Venerable Master XuanhuaDate: 2025-01-22

The end of the school is 29 years old this year.,Since I was a child, I have memories of adultery.,I don't know how I did.,Intermittent memory fragments are about about 4 years old.,Get up in the morning and lie in the bed.,Ask your mother what you're doing.,Mother said she was cooking on the fire.,

Evil retributionDate: 2025-01-14

Master Jingbo: If someone tells you, he has a dual cultivation of Buddhism and Taoism. Please stay away from such people. This shows that he was neither a devout Buddhist nor a devout Taoist. If someone tells you, he can see cause and effect. Please stay away from such people. The Huayan Sutra speaks, and it is studied

comeuppanceDate: 2025-01-14

I was born into a very ordinary working-class family, and my parents were both from poor backgrounds, but fortunately, my mother grew up in a family that believed in gods and followed traditional Eastern morals. This may be related to the grandmother's ancestor

Other causal storiesTime: 2025-01-07

A long time ago, there was a couple in ancient India who made a living from kabuki music, and they had a daughter named Qing Lianhua. Qinglianhua is not only solemn in appearance, rare in the world, but also intelligent and convincing; And he was outstandingly talented, with sixty-four talents that a woman should possess at that time

Knowledge of BuddhismTime: 2024-12-30

In the south of Luo Yue only country, more than 120 miles away from the city, there is a high mountain. If you want to go to the southern countries, you have to pass through this high mountain. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep, the terrain is treacherous, and there are 500 robbers on the hills, who often threaten pedestrians. Merchants have suffered heavy losses,

Knowledge of BuddhismDate: 2024-12-27

Jizo Bodhisattva platformDate: 2024-12-26

Old monk Mengshen: If you don't break this precept, there will never be a shortage of treasures "Mahayana Daji Jizo Ten Wheel Sutra" Old monk Mengshen explained [repeatedly. Good man. If the Bodhisattva Mahasattva. It can be inseparable from the form. That is, to give to all sentient beings without fear. There is no heat

Dream ginseng old monkDate: 2024-12-16

Leaning on the building to listen to the rain and cold, drunk and lying in the breeze for a few autumns. As the saying goes, nothing is not to go to the Three Treasures Palace, but in the long river of history, Buddhism has experienced prosperity, but also experienced the tribulation of three sects and one martial arts, fortunately, after a period of dormancy, Buddhism has come to history

comeuppanceTime: 2024-12-14

Ordination and Novice Life: Interpretation of Chapter 1 The Meaning of Becoming a Monk: The Novice is the starting point of the monkhood. As the saying goes, a good start is half the battle. Personally, being a good novice will lay the foundation for the future life of the Sangha

Han charactersDate: 2024-12-06

Ordination and Novice Life: Interpretation of the First Chapter of the Farewell Journey of the Novices Chapter 1 The Meaning of Becoming a Monk Section 2 In the part of persuading the interests of a monk, Vinaya quoted the Sutra of the Chinese Hand and the Treatise on Great Wisdom to further elaborate on persuading or assisting others to become a monk

Han charactersDate: 2024-12-05

Ordination and Novice Life: Interpretation of the First Chapter of the Farewell Journey of the Novices Chapter 1 The Meaning of Becoming a Monk Section 5 The blessed deeds of a monk are said to be bhikshus who have become monks, but they know to keep the vows and do not aspire to the path. Take the precept as the top, and the rest will not do. It is used for non-Taoism, and there is a lot of anger inside. Self-staining

Han charactersDate: 2024-12-05

Liberation from birth and death is indeed a fundamental matter that Buddhists should carefully face, regardless of whether they are monks or at home. This does not mean that Buddhists are born and evade social responsibility; On the contrary, as a Buddhist, you should set an example and do your best to be a common person

Han charactersDate: 2024-11-28

Huang Bailin: The world kills a lot, so there are swords and soldiers robbing Zen Master Cishou said, "The world kills a lot, so there are swords and soldiers. Kill your body with your life, and burn your house with money. Separated thy wife, who once broke his lair. The influence is similar, wash your ears and listen to the Buddha." The vernacular means that

Be a personDate: 2024-11-24

The Venerable Master Xuanhua compassionately taught: "If you still don't know it, if you practice the subtle demonic things of Samadhi Vipasshana, before the demon realm appears, you can't know it, you will wash your mind wrongly, and you will fall into evil views. Or Ruyin Demon, or Futian Demon, or Ghost God, or Charm, Unclear Heart, Recognize the thief as a son. Again

The Venerable Master XuanhuaDate: 2024-11-21