Master Chuanxi: Buddhism is wisdom, not superstition

The Buddhist Classic of Filial Piety - "Bon Sutra"

The Buddhist scripture of filial piety, the "Bon Sutra", is taught at the Obon puja today, the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. July 15 is a major holiday in Buddhism, called "Buddha's Day of Joy". Why is the Buddha happy? According to the sangha system set up, monks

The Buddha explained the Obon SutraTime: 2025-08-04

Learn a little bit of Buddhist knowledge every day; 100 questions for laypeople to learn Buddhism?

We can't believe that Amitabha Buddha has painstakingly designed a blissful world for us, waiting for us over there, waiting for us every day, stretching out his hands, preparing

Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-31

The three classics of Buddhism to protect the country

I hope that the public can pay attention to these three very special Mahayana scriptures, and at the same time, I hope to have a deep understanding of Mahayana Buddhism's idea of protecting the country, and a deeper understanding of the practical care and practice of the spirit of the Bodhisattva path

Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-31

The first day of Nirvana was February 15, 485 BC, which was the last day of Shakyamuni Buddha's life. On this day, the Buddha's loving face suddenly appeared with an incredible brilliance, more complete, purer, and more solemn than usual, like the sun and moon, bright and brilliant; Like the sea one

Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-28

Dedication (Sanskrit parinama), also known as dedication, turning, and giving. It means to turn the merit and good roots you have done to benefit Bodhi, or to be reborn in the Pure Land, or to give to all sentient beings. As the old translation of the "Huayan Sutra" Volume 15 "Ten Directions" said: This Bodhisattva Mahāsattva practices

Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-26

Amitabha, Bodhisattvas, do not speak when eating, do not put your hands on the table, but pick up the bowl and eat. Don't eat with your head down, you see that piglets and chicks eat with their heads down, and don't eat with their heads up, tilt their heads up, and pour the rice in, that's called tomorrow

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-25

The Eight Precepts of Fasting are the precepts and fasting methods formulated by the Buddha for temporary monastic practice for lay disciples. Because the lay family is busy with worldly affairs and has no time to practice. The Buddha had compassion and planted good causes for the world in order to let them live a pure life of monks for a day and a night; It can also adapt to being at home

Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-07-25

If there is diligence but no right view, then you become a fool, a fool, just like carrying a hundred pounds of burden when practicing the Tao, but it is meaningless, so right view and diligence are very good

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-07-24

Buddhist Knowledge | How to correctly call a Buddhist monk? It is safest to use this word, and a senior brother mentioned that which ones are not suitable for lay monks to call monks! It is inevitable to lose the courtesy of a disciple and lose one's own blessings, so I will share another article here! The following two

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-24

Cause and effect are the great powers of the sages of the world to govern the world and liberate all living beings. Confucian sages pay attention to cause and effect, and it is difficult to count them in the classics. When Confucius praised the "I Ching," he began by saying that a family that accumulates good deeds will surely have residual blessings; a family that accumulates bad deeds will inevitably have residual calamities. You must know that there is already a blessing

Pure Land TreatiseTime: 2025-07-22

The principle of liberation is emptiness, and the purpose of liberation is selflessness. Because theory is one thing, empirical evidence is another, just like a history,

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-22

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

Exercise is not about sweating more, the better the effect, don't think that the more you sweat, the better the fitness effect, this is a wrong view. At this time, all you need to know is how to hydrate so that the body can replenish water in time and maintain the normal functioning of the body

Beauty and fitnessTime: 2025-07-18

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

Many Buddhist practitioners are influenced by fortune-telling, etc., and fortune tellers can roughly calculate some situations in our lives today, so they superstitiously think that Buddhism says that everything is predestined, and some people even think that if everything is predestined, then why should we learn Buddhism?

comeuppanceTime: 2025-07-17

1. Kāla and samaya In Sanskrit, there are many terms used to express time, and there are two that are often mentioned in Buddhist scriptures: one is kāla (gara), and the other is samaya (samaya). Early Indian religion or philosophy to make

The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-07-16

The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the sea looks down at the vast East China Sea and shows a relieved smile at Luoshan Temple in Xiangyang. Since the establishment of the temple by Master Uixiang in the Silla era for more than 1,300 years, it has been a popular place for Guanyin prayers. After the spread of the word that Guanyin Bodhisattva settled here,

The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-07-15

From the Western Han Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty, Qingzhou has been the political, economic and cultural center of the Shandong Peninsula. Buddhist temples began to be built very early, and Ningfu Temple was built in the second year of Tai'an in the Western Jin Dynasty (303 AD). Longxing Temple began to be built during the Liu and Song dynasties, and during the Song and Yuanjia periods, it was called the Buddhist Hall.

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-14

Hangzhou Lingyin Temple Supervisor Temple talks about Buddhist vegetarianism: contributing to a harmonious society China-Singapore Zhejiang Net, August 20 (Reporter Wang Enmin, intern Xi Wei) "Vegetarianism can bring us physical and mental peace and joy. At the same time, the taste enjoyment brought by vegetarianism is also full of nature

Eat vegetarian earlyTime: 2025-07-12

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

Fate is active, not rigid, everything is in your own hands. Master Xuanhua said to the ancients on October 7, 1982: "A gentleman has the knowledge of life-making, and his life is established by me, and he seeks blessings for himself." "Fortune and misfortune have no door; only people can summon themselves." Heaven, earth,

Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-07-10

There are often friends who are troubled by emotional marriage, and there are often people who ask about helpless marriage and marriage and happy amulets, hoping to pin their hopes on the help of amulets, and there are not a few more extreme people who want to help with the evil laws of the underworld. In fact, even if it is a really helpful amulet

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-08

Bodhisattva is the abbreviation of Sanskrit transliteration Bodhisattva. Its Chinese translation of Bodhi is enlightenment, and the Chinese translation of Sattṣṇa is sentient beings, or sentient beings (all animals with feelings), and the full translation should be: enlightened sentient beings, Taoist sentient beings, and enlightened sentient beings. According to the meaning of this word, ancient Chinese translation

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-07

Q: Is it okay to worship Taoism after converting to Buddhism? Master Da'an answered: Converting to Buddhism means determining the spiritual destination and life value goals. When I received the three refuges, I solemnly promised: since I took refuge in Buddha, I will no longer take refuge in the heavenly demons and heretics; Self-conversion to the law

Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-05

The internal and external dignity should be sufficient [Hengshan Temple] How much do you know about the etiquette of the fasting hall? 1. Internal: Five views of food and storage (1) Calculate the amount of merit and where it comes from (2) Think about one's own virtue and lack of supply (3) Prevent the mind from being greedy and so on (4) Doing good things and good medicine to cure the body and dryness (5) Achieving enlightenment

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-07-04

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

Is release a religious superstition? When I learned that I was the president of the Release Association, many colleagues and friends, especially those from government agencies, were surprised! Why do you think that a leading cadre of an organ of mine would serve as a religious superstitious association?

Origin of releaseTime: 2025-07-03

Why do some people get rich first and then poor, while others are poor and then rich? The sutra says this: Excerpted from "The Buddha is the Elder Who Speaks of Karma Differences", and there is also karma at the beginning of happiness and then suffering. It seems that there are sentient beings. He was encouraged by others. I am happy to do charity. The heart is not strong. Later, he regretted it. Thus, it was fate.

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-29

Worshiping Buddha has the meaning of repenting of sins, practicing meditation and gratitude, and expressing respect and gratitude for the Three Jewels of Buddhism and Dharma Monks, and reviewing oneself and repenting of the karma created in the past, which not only helps to improve one's personality, but also stabilizes people's body and mind. So

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-29

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. Nowadays, there are many Buddhist beads that have been consecrated by the master

Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-06-29

Buddhism's reason for opposing suicide is based on the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance. If Leslie Cheung understood Buddhism, would he still choose to commit suicide? Leslie Cheung committed suicide, and countless people sighed for it, and it is really thought-provoking that life is so unbearable. German philosopher Heidegger

The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-06-26

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

One of the four great bodhisattvas of Buddhism, Puxian Bodhisattva, has ten great vows for practice, the fifth of which is the merit of rejoicing. The so-called rejoicing is to follow the obedience, follow the reason, and follow the power and reality. Joy is celebration, celebration of cause and effect, celebration of Buddhism, celebration of Buddhism, celebration of Buddhism. Now the previous one

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-24

Q: According to the wisdom of the Dharma master, how does the Buddhist concept of life protection enter the field of non-religion and lead to an environmental protection issue that all mankind can be aware of in the 21st century. Master Jingkong answered: This topic has gone beyond religion, but it still needs to rely on all religions.

Release Q&ATime: 2025-06-24

In addition to the five precepts, as a disciple of the Three Jewels at home, he should fulfill his responsibility for raising and educating his children; Children should be obedient and loyal to their parents, not to waste their parents' property, and when their parents are old or weak, they should fulfill their responsibilities of assistance and support. student

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-23

chanting Buddha beads, chanting Buddhist mantras, counting, and changing decorations; Buddha statues are respectfully offered, but they become works of art; The temple is a place for practice and Taoism, which becomes tourism; Buddhist scriptures become academics, which are the supreme magic weapons of listening and thinking; Meditation is a method of cultivating Buddhism and becoming stress-relieving and fitness;

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-20

Master Hongyi said that the ten benefits of copying scriptures The special merits of copying scriptures not only praise the Dharma and get close to the Tathagata, but also absorb merit, be blessed by the gods, and eliminate disasters and sins. In the "Sutra of Observing Good and Evil Karma", it is mentioned that writing and offering scriptures has the following merits: 1. Yu

The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-06-20

Buddhism is like a void that can include all the infinite worlds. Just now, Professor Xu said, "The world's religions include monotheism, polytheism, and polytheism." But there is no atheism or theism. What is divine? Wisdom and integrity are called gods. What is Buddha? Buddha

Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-06-20

If a monk only satisfies his own desires and cannot make others happy, he may not be happy himself. If you don't make others happy, you won't be happy. Do not practice in exchange for Taoism, Buddhism is not a trade. To cultivate the Tao, one must understand cause and effect, and understand the law of dependent origination

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-19

Buddhist release was originally to rescue some injured small animals, but today the release is a group of people who go to the vegetable market to buy some animals to release in the river, not knowing what taboos there are in releasing animals. Share Buddhism below

Release guideTime: 2025-06-19

The death of "Sister Lin", Buddhist "hospice care" surfaced The death of Chen Xiaoxu, who played Sister Lin in Dream of Red Mansions, attracted widespread attention in society because of the particularity of the process of "illness - monk - death". There is artificiality

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-18

It's so special! People donated so much to build a temple, I must donate more than her, and the merit is greater than her. On such a special day today, you must burn incense. So many great masters must sit next to the masters in order to receive blessings. This division

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-18

The Chinese nation has a long history and has the reputation of a 5,000-year-old civilization, and is the only country in the world that continues to exist to this day

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-18

Buddhist worship ceremonies originated from the reverence of Buddha Buddha in the early days, and gradually expanded to worship other Buddhas, bodhisattvas, deities and masters. After the Buddha's death, the most important Buddhist ritual: placing the Buddha's bone relics in a stupa (stupa). therefore

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-18

March 6, 1984 A benevolent person who loves others is a loving person. This benevolence, for people, is a manifestation of kindness, with the idea of pushing oneself and others. As the saying goes, 'Do not do to others what you do not want to do. Don't impose on others what you don't want to suffer.

Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-06-18

Buddhism is a non-profit unit, so there is no need to compete - and answer to loyu8848's question from Master loyu8848: How does Buddhism compete with other religions in the new era? How should the relationship between the Chinese Buddhist Association and the temples create harmony? A: Buddhism is a non-profit organization.

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-17

A brief talk about Buddhist medicine - one of the five wise Buddhist medical practitioners Master Ming Daojian In view of the current confusion and even misunderstanding of the social function of Buddhism, which leads to widespread misunderstandings in understanding and the inability to treat people's physical and mental diseases correctly, he hereby publishes this article on Buddhist medicine

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-17

How Buddhism Strengthens Its Own Construction and Contributes to Economic and Social Development - Learning from the Spirit of the 17th National Congress of the Central Committee The victory of the 17th National Congress of the Central Committee marks that China, under the leadership of the new generation of national leaders, still adheres to the four basic principles

Han biography figuresTime: 2025-06-17

[Wonderful Lotus] Learn a little Buddhist knowledge every day; The six-character mantra is derived from Sanskrit and consists of six Tibetan letters, which is not only the prayer words of Tibetan Buddhist Tantra, but also a public law to strengthen the body. Six characters are true

The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-06-15

India, the birthplace of Buddhism, is located in the tropics, so most people think that monks and nuns did not wear shoes during the reign of Shakyamuni Buddha. In fact, this is not the case, according to the following citations of the Zen forest elephant vessel scroll, which says: If there is a benefactor, the cow dies and sells it to the slaughter, and it is transferred

The Buddha prepared the ritual vesselsTime: 2025-06-15