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Master Da'an: What is the root of death?
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
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What karma did a person with a big temper, suspicion, and jealousy create in his previous life?
If he is jealous, he will have heavy lust in his previous life; If he has a big temper, he will kill in his previous life; If he is selfish, he is good at stealing things in his previous life, he is too selfish, he only knows selfishness. We humans are like a speck of dust in the void. This grain
comeuppanceTime: 2025-08-01
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What does "bodhisattva" mean?
【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
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Zhao Puchu: What is "causal continuity"?
Q: What is "causal continuity"? Answer: All the dharmas born from cause and effect are certainly impermanent, but they are continuous, like flowing water, passing before and after, arising after the back, cause and effect, without interruption, this is in terms of vertical. From the horizontal
comeuppanceTime: 2025-07-30
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What are the Five Precepts?
The five precepts are: do not kill, do not steal, do not commit adultery, do not lie, and do not drink. Although there are many Buddhist precepts, the most important is the five precepts, which must be observed from the beginning of learning Buddhism to the bodhisattva. Don't kill, the first precept of the five precepts The result of killing is illness and short life
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-30
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Zhao Puchu: What is causal continuity?
Q: What is "causal continuity"? Answer: All the dharmas born from cause and effect are certainly impermanent, but they are continuous, like flowing water, passing before and after, arising after the back, cause and effect, without interruption, this is in terms of vertical. From the horizontal
comeuppanceTime: 2025-07-29
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What methods can be used to prove that past lives and future lives really exist?
Nowadays, many people chant Buddha every day, and it is a good thing to be able to chant Buddha every day, but it is not enough to chant Buddha, you must know the truth of chanting Buddha, where is the greatness of Buddha? Where is the wisdom excellence of the Buddha? Take the most common four words of universal sentient beings, those who truly learn Buddhism
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-28
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Master Xuanhua: Those who practice Buddhism do not move their minds no matter what state they are in
Those who study Buddhism must know and practice Buddhism, that is, eat Buddhism, wear Buddhism, and sleep Buddhism. Walking, sitting, and lying down are all in the Dharma. Those who know the Dharma are all premised on benefiting others, and never plan for their own benefit. All in all, it is necessary
Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-07-27
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What is the difference between a temple and a temple?
What is the difference between a temple and a temple? In various news reports about Buddhism, you can often see reporters and friends calling Buddhist monasteries temples, and sometimes chatting with some laymen, you can often hear them say: I went to the temple to burn incense one day. that
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-26
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What is ignorance?
What is ignorance? Ignorance: Ignorance is affliction, and it is also one of the other names for afflictions. Focusing on the cause is called ignorance, and focusing on the effect is called affliction. There are two kinds of great divisions, namely one-thought ignorance and beginningless ignorance. A thought of ignorance is also called an affliction, and it is called a hindrance to seeing thoughts. There is no beginning and no light, and it is called
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-25
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Dazhen Khenpo: What is the biggest problem?
Dazhen Khenpo: What is the biggest problem? When I was sick that year, I didn't miss this life at all, I didn't have anything I couldn't let go, but I wasn't very sure about the bardo and the next life, although I knew the whole process. At that time, I was only one around
Buddhist Questions and AnswersTime: 2025-07-25
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What is the difference between seeking to live in the Pure Land at the end of life and seeking to ascend to heaven after death
Is there a difference between seeking to survive in the Pure Land and seeking to ascend to heaven? The answer is yes. My teacher Yin Hairen once said that his teacher Yin Shun had a good summary of this. Yin Lao summed up three points: the Pure Land of Survival is an ascent rather than a fall, and it is equality rather than a step
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-24
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Master Xuanhua: What do the ten names of the Buddha mean?
"Tathagata" is one of the ten numbers of the Buddha. A layman asked me, "Is there a difference between the Tathagata Buddha and Amitabha?" In fact, Amitabha Tathagata, Shakyamuni Tathagata, and Medicine Buddha Tathagata, each of these Buddhas is called "Tathagata". It's not that this Buddha alone is called Tathagata,
Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-07-24
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What is determination?
What is concentration in Buddhism? It's not that we close our eyes, we can't see anything, we can't hear anything, and we don't have any thoughts. This is only a preliminary stage, not a real determination. What does it mean? It must be not to be external
The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-07-22
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Master Kuanjian replied: My husband doesn't care about anything, he lives with others outside, what should I do?
Disciple: My child's father doesn't care about anything, he lives with others outside, and I take care of the child and the old lady alone, what do you think I should do? To go or not to go? Master Kuanjian: After learning Buddhism, you must learn how to treat it, how to choose? Go, or not
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-21
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Master Kuanjian answered: What Buddha should people with deep karma recite?
Question: What Buddha should people with deep karma recite? Master Kuanjian: No matter what sutra or Buddha you recite, it is all harmonious and unhindered, it is not one, not two. Ordinary people are always led by the nose, day and night, if they really treat one Buddha and one Bodhisattva
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-21
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What is Blessing?
The addition is when the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas give us their kind wishes, or the merits and blessings they have achieved, this is called adding. The so-called holding is like taking it with our hands, holding it up, and holding it. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas use their compassion, wisdom, and merit to give us all kinds of blessings and help
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-21
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What exactly do you learn to learn Buddhism?
Enlightenment is achieved through the practice of chanting Buddha and meditation. How to be enlightened? In modern philosophical terms, how to understand the world, this is the epistemology of Buddhism. Buddhist epistemology includes dependent arising and causality, leaving dependent arising and causality.
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-18
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What does Buddhism's "six harmony respect" mean?
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
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Heart Master: What is the special meaning of wearing Buddha beads?
What is the special meaning of wearing Buddha beads? I talked about the topic of "who can bring Buddha beads" in the previous blog, and many people pay attention to it, so today we will continue to talk about what special meaning it means to bring Buddha beads. Perhaps, some friends think that anyone can wear it now
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-17
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Master Mind: Who is destined to be with the Buddha?
Who is destined to be with the Buddha? Li Ming has been very smooth since he was a child, and his grades were excellent when he was in school, and further education and employment were not a problem for him at all; I got married soon after working, and my wife is a classmate who has been in love for many years, and everyone envies them as golden boys and girls. Work a few times
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-17
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What does the "six roots" in the "six roots of purity" often refer to in Buddhism?
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
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What is Nirvana?
Nirvana refers to the elimination of life and death, the elimination of afflictions and the state of liberation from non-action, that is, neither birth nor death. Nirvana is translated as complete death, the perfection of merit is called roundness, and the extinction of karma is called silence. Nirvana is the highest state that Buddhist practice aims to achieve. Why Nirvana Buddhism believes
The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-07-16
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What is the secret of great wealth and great fortune?
When we come to this world, whether it is in the past life, the present tense, or the future life, people need blessings to nourish their physical bodies and satisfy their desires. There are many ways to obtain great blessings, and some people say that it depends on hard work
comeuppanceTime: 2025-07-15
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Master Hengchuan: I always dream at night and sleep poorly, what is the reason for this?
Question from the good man: Master, my husband always lies flat, sleeps with his hands on his pillow, sleeps always by nightmares, for several years, and I myself never dare to sleep flat, I am nightmare when I lie flat, I always dream at night, I don't sleep well, what is the reason for this?
comeuppanceTime: 2025-07-15
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Master Yuan Yin answered: What is release?
Q: What is release? Master Yuan Yin answered: Releasing living beings is an act of seeing living alien beings, being captured, arrested, imprisoned, and killed, panicked, and dying, showing compassion, buying things to redeem, and rescuing and releasing them!
Release Q&ATime: 2025-07-12
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What is the difference between Buddhist intellectuals and cultivated masters?
A senior brother asked: What is the difference between a Buddhist intellectual and a cultivated master? Buddhist intellectuals are [knowledge points], and corresponding to them are [non-intellectuals]. A monk with cultivation is a [monk], and the corresponding one is a [layman]. So just that
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-11
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Is wearing Buddha beads superstition? What are the benefits of wearing it for people who do not believe in Buddhism?
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. For practitioners, rosary beads are indispensable magic tools, whether they are monks
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-11
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Master Dayuan: What are the criteria for testing whether life is awakened?
The criterion for testing whether or not one has woken up is actually a sentence that Wisdom Bodhisattva asked Manjushri Bodhisattva in the "Pure Conduct of the Avatamsaka Sutra": For a person whose life has awakened, he can achieve no fault of losing his body, language, intention, and karma. The seven words of no fault loss of body and meaning are very good
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-09
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Master Dayuan: What is the most important homework we need to do now?
There was a female layman who was still very distressed after learning Buddhism. Once, he said: I originally had troubles before, so I hope that learning Buddhism can eliminate them. But it seems that after I learned Buddhism, I felt more troubles. Because I feel that after learning Buddhism, I feel like a son
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-08
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What is Mahayana and Hinayana in Buddhism?
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
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What is Indian sandalwood?
What is Indian sandalwood? The origin of the name of Indian sandalwood has always been controversial, in fact, it is only a name for the Chinese people, and there is no such name in India itself. Why is it called Laoshan sandalwood? There are three different theories
Buddha bead materialTime: 2025-07-02
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Master Da'an: What is the principle that reciting Buddha can eliminate the serious sins of life and death for 8 billion eons?
Q: Amitabha! What is the principle that reciting the Buddha can eliminate the serious sins of life and death for eight billion eons? Master Da'an replied: It seems that you still have doubts! This sentence in the "Sutra of Observations" is conclusive, and it is really so
Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-01
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What kind of brush was used to draw white in various periods of ancient times
In various periods of ancient times, gongbi painting used white depiction of white depiction, gongbi painting used white depiction of poetry, seemingly plain, carefully savored, but meaningful. For example, Meng Haoran's "Spring Dawn" and Tao Yuanming's "Returning to the Garden and Rural Residence" (less suitable for vulgar rhyme) are all like gold, and the differences are thick
Collect knowledgeTime: 2025-06-28
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What to eat for beauty in winter
Nowadays, most women are monotonous at work, nervous, and under great pressure, and many of them are too thin, too obese, or too thin, or have unstoppable diarrhea, or constipation, which is sad
Beauty and fitnessTime: 2025-06-27
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【Buddhist Knowledge】What does the Great Compassion Mantra mean?
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
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What is the best thing to eat with cucumbers?
1+11 with cucumber and peanuts is easy to cause diarrhea: cut the cucumber into small cubes, mix with boiled peanuts, as a refreshing cold dish, often active on the table of many families, many men also like to have a plate of peanuts mixed with diced cucumber when drinking. that
Vegan healthTime: 2025-06-24
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Master Ru Xiao: What is ritual refuge and Dharma practice?
Refuge is divided into ritual refuge and refuge in practice. The ordained master gives you refuge, which is a ritual refuge; After taking refuge, you have to take refuge every day, for example, you have to recite refuge every day in monasteries, which is the refuge of Dharma practice. The refuge of the Dharma is to live a lifetime
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-22
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What is Tibetan Buddhism?
1. The origin of Buddhism: The ancestor of Buddhism is Shakyamuni Buddha. Shakyamuni is the name of a family, Shakyamuni Buddha was born in a royal family, and the name of this family is Shakyamuni. That Muni is his real name, and Muni is a literal translation of Sanskrit.
The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-06-21
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What is the snowy release custom?
Release is a common folk custom in Tibetan ethnic areas, which belongs to the category of folk religious activities. The origin of the release is in the Tibetan region, and many customs are related to religion
Release guideTime: 2025-06-18
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What should I recite when I release life?
Answer: In addition to reciting the Seven Buddhas Tathagata, you can add another Baoji Tathagata, and sentient beings can be born to heaven after hearing it. If you want to hold a mantra, the most standard is? Mani Mei? The six-character Great Ming Mantra can free sentient beings from the reincarnation of six livestocks; There is also a life-protecting spell, which is Bao Shengru
Release Q&ATime: 2025-06-13
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What kind of person is most likely to become a thin person?
It is not easy to cultivate the Tao, even if it is not easy to be a good person. Ordinary people will not commit personal karma, and killing and stealing will not commit it, but the easiest thing to commit is oral karma. Whether a person is rich or not depends on how well he has his mouth. Therefore, oral karma is very important, especially for women, and there are many blessings
comeuppanceTime: 2025-06-10
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What kind of tree is agarwood?
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 rich in cultural connotations has become
Collect knowledgeTime: 2025-06-10
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Master Kaiyuan: What does the phrase "Arudhara Three Bodhisattvas" mean?
Fellow practitioner: What does the phrase "Āṣṇa" mean? Teacher: In Buddhism, it is "supreme enlightenment" and "Buddha nature". In order to show our respect for the Dharma and Buddha nature, we have kept the original sound without translating it. Mainly
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-08
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Master Kaiyuan: Some people say that it is impossible for every living being to survive, so what is the meaning of our release?
Fellow practitioners: Some people say that it is impossible for every living being to survive, so what is the meaning of our release? Teacher: The merit of releasing living beings is indeed very great, and the meaning is also very special. In the process of releasing sentient beings, we pray for the compassion and protection of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in our rituals
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-07
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Venerable Kaiyuan: What is the basis for disciples at home to learn Buddhism and practice?
Fellow practitioners: What is the basis for lay disciples to learn Buddhism and practice? Teacher: When we learn Buddhism, we must "travel a thousand miles and start with a single step", and we cannot pursue what I must do immediately, which is a wrong mentality. First of all, we must adjust our mentality, condition our bodies, and take care of ourselves
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-06
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Master Kaiyuan: I let go, I don't want anything... What is letting go? How to understand "letting go"?
Fellow practitioner: Master, I wrote a poem: Love, emotion is like a mountain, emotion is like a mess. If you let go of all the love of children and all worldly loves, you will be able to solve the mind method, you will be able to go from one shore to the other, and you will be happy every moment. This is
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-06
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What is the difference between gongbi painting and freehand painting?
What is the difference between gongbi painting and freehand painting, it is generally believed that Chinese painting is divided into two types: gongbi painting is the vulgar production of craftsmen, freehand painting is the elegant art of literati; Because the former puts painting first, it is transmitted by painting and people by painting
Knowledge of calligraphy and paintingTime: 2025-06-06
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Master Renqing: What is the greatest merit for dedication? The mantras cannot be dedicated, but can only be recited by the Buddha, right?
Believers: Master, when we dedicate merit to all sentient beings, what do we recite to give the greatest merit? Master: When we give merit to sentient beings, it is based on our Dharma practice. For example, we are reciting Amitabha, we are doing our own homework,
Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-05
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Master of the Pure Land Method: What is the difference between cause and effect?
Master of the Pure Land Method: What is the difference between cause and effect? Question: This is a question about cause and effect, is there cause and effect? What is the difference from cause and effect? Master Pure Land Method: This requires clarifying the meaning of these three words. Everything is the birth of a thing
comeuppanceTime: 2025-06-05