Sodaji Khenpo: If you do not rely on external enemies to harm, can you also cultivate the paramita of patience?

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

Master Dayuan: If you do not have great compassion, Bodhicitta may lose its loss

The nature of compassion is to the Buddha's great fruits. At first, the seeds grow like water. When they are often used, they are mature. Therefore, I first praise the great compassion.The great compassion is the main cause among the three causes of Bodhi, and it is also the foundation of Bodhicitta and unparalleled wisdom.Because at the beginning, middle and end of the Bodhisattva Path, great compassion

Han peopleTime: 2025-07-09

Master Dayuan: What is the standard for testing whether life is awakened?

The standard for testing whether you have woken up is actually a sentence from Bodhisattva Zhishou in the "Avatamsaka Sutra" to Manjushri Bodhisattva: For a person whose life has awakened, he can achieve no faults in body, speech, and mind karma.The seven words "no fault" are very good

Han peopleTime: 2025-07-09

Master Da'an: Are the Buddhist rituals done in the temple, such as salvation, repaying longevity, and repaying debts in good fortune?Can we do it?

Believers: Are the Buddhist rituals done in temples such as salvation, returning to life, and paying for good fortune and debts in good fortune? Can we do it? Master: What is Buddhist rituals? Buddhist rituals can enable sentient beings to realize the Buddha nature that is inherent in our own nature, return home on the way, and escape from life and death

Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-02

Many people have unhappy marriages, some are destined, and more are "made" by themselves.I will spare no effort and squander it. No matter how great the blessing is, it will not withstand the trouble.Let’s talk about several main reasons that have caused great damage to marriage: First, it is sexual misconduct, which is the right thing to do.

Cause and effectTime: 2025-06-30

Generally, bread is made of white flour, with a soft and delicate texture, easy to digest and absorb, and has an extremely low dietary fiber content.Many people with rich nutrition knowledge know that whole wheat bread is more beneficial to health (Healthy food )，Because it is rich in fiber,

Beauty and fitnessTime: 2025-06-26

Question: Now there are practitioners who promote Pure Land who say that they can be reborn by chanting a name only, without having to study sutras, precepts, or even practice the ten good deeds.Is this statement correct? Master Da'an replied: Promoting Buddhism is a solemn matter, and it involves

Master Da'anTime: 2025-06-12

Fellow practitioner: Ask a teacher, do those who recite the scriptures must keep the Five Precepts? Some people say that if you do not keep the Five Precepts, the merits of reciting the scriptures will be less or have almost no merits.However, the Five Precepts are difficult for those who have just entered Buddhism. There are many controversies around them. Please give me advice.Teacher: First

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-07

Fellow practitioner: Please ask Master, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva should save suffering and help sentient beings in urgent need and fear. Although the bodhisattva's vows are profound, is it contrary to the cause and effect that sentient beings suffer? Is this kind of rescue a temporary change in the retribution? Will it be possible to continue in the future

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-07

Fellow practitioners: People should make more contributions to society so that human society can make progress; if everyone chants Buddha's name and is in temples, can human civilization develop? Master: China has a history of nearly five thousand years. In the process of continuous inheritance and development of human civilization,

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-06

Fellow practitioner: Master, if you have not violated the five precepts in your body, but have this thought in your mind, have you violated the precepts? Master: The precepts are divided into Mahayana precepts and Hinayana precepts.In the Hinayana precepts, such as drinking, you want to drink, but you don’t drink, this does not mean that you violate the precepts, Hinayana precepts.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-06

Question: Master is merciful. I often encounter some unpleasant things in my work and life. Is this a bad situation? How can I change it? Please give me compassion.Master Huiguang: Life is less than a hundred years old, and you will always worry about a thousand years.If you can really improve

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-01

There is a Brahmin in Luoyueji City. He heard that the people of the Sahabha country are filial to their parents, believe in Buddhism, and are good at practicing Taoism, and offer to the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.He yearned for it very much, so he wanted to visit the Kingdom of Shravas and practice Buddhism.When he arrived in Shravas, he saw that

Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2025-05-29

Dharma Sutra: If the mind is not stable, you will not be able to achieve the Dharma.Those with poor confidence will not achieve intelligence.Many people are very curious about Tantra.In fact, if the hundreds of people sitting in the same mind, recite a mantra, a sutra, a Buddha's name, and then focus on dedicating one thing.

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-27

I have started masturbating since elementary school, often once a week, and often three to four times a day in a day, and at a low rate, I can only last for about two months without doing it.Intermittently until now

Golden and good wordsTime: 2025-05-26

Can I burn the scriptures for all Buddhas? Someone told me that if I copy scriptures, I can burn the scriptures for tangible and intangible sentient beings, so that intangible sentient beings can have scriptures to read. Is this true? Master Mingzheng replied: All Buddhas do not need you to burn paper, nor do you need to burn scriptures. This is the most important thing.

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-21

Amitabha Buddha, please give the great master what is to offer to all Buddhas? Whether to place lamp oil, flowers or food in front of the Buddha to worship the Buddha is to offer? Master Mingzheng said: The so-called offering to all Buddhas is practice in accordance with the Dharma.Do you put lamp oil, flowers or food in front of the Buddha to worship the Buddha as offering offerings?

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-20

Question: Reciting scriptures and chanting Buddha's name cannot be pure, and you always have delusions and distracting thoughts. Is it in vain to recite them? Master Da'an replied: No.It is normal for us to chant the Buddha's name without being pure: ordinary people and sentient beings have delusions and distinctions, so many Buddha's names are in the background of delusions.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-05-19

Question: I want to recite a sutra every day: "The Samantabhadra Practice and Vows" or "The Sutra of Amitabhadra".If I still can't understand the meaning of the scriptures in the Buddhist scriptures, do I have to understand it before I can recite this sutra? Master Da'an replied: It's normal not to understand it.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-05-18

Master Ben answered: The life of Buddhism does not leave the life of the world, but is just enlightened from it! If you leave the life of the world, and look for the life of Buddhism, you will be able to attain Bodhi. (Sanskrit bodhi),There is no use in the end.In other words: life

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-08

Master Chongci replied: When we study Buddhism, we must reflect on ourselves, cultivate our own mind and eliminate our troubles and habits, rather than using troubles to our troubles and habits to our habits.Don't do anything, what will happen if everyone doesn't kill, what will happen if everyone becomes a monk? These are almost ridiculous fakes.

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-07

Master Zhenyuan answered: Have you read the book "Water Knows the Answer"? If you don't, you can refer to the article to learn the benefits of Tantra: and the meaning of the mantra: From this we should know that the water used to chant the Buddha's name and offer the Buddha can be drunk, and it has the wonderful function of eliminating sins and producing good deeds, not only for oneself but also for one's own abdomen.

Han peopleTime: 2025-04-28

After knowing the principle that the milk fed to the baby must be diluted, some mothers may ask: So what kind of milk concentration is appropriate? How to master this degree? The method to master must first rely on the mother's care.Generally, you can add more water or rice soup at the beginning, but

Vegetarian HealthTime: 2025-04-28

Question supplement: Hello, Master Zhenyuan: Please give me advice: I am a Pure Land. Last year, a lay Buddhist who studied Tantric Buddhism asked me to recite the Vajra Sage Mantra. I asked if it was a mantra learned by Tantric Buddhism and he said no, so I chanted it, but after a while I felt it was not good, I didn't chant it again.

Han peopleTime: 2025-04-26

Question: Are the three wishes of Amitabha Buddha to absorb the birth of life aimed at the three different aptitudes of sentient beings?How do you understand the similarities and differences of these three wishes?Answer: Amitabha’s forty-eight great vows are made for sentient beings with infinite aptitude in the ten directions. They include the vows to capture ordinary sentient beings, and they also include them.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-04-19

Question: Is the merit of reciting the name "Amitabha" or "Namo Amitabha" the same?Master Da'an replied: First of all, whether chanting the Buddha's name is chanting the four or six characters, in principle, it is equal.But if it is best to read "Namo Amitabha" for the first time

Master Da'anTime: 2025-04-19

Question: In terms of knowledge and insight, the disciples feel that the world is only one mind, sentient beings are Buddhas, and the instrument world is Buddha land. They are all teachings to themselves, and the key lies in their own perception.I wonder if this is the view of Consciousness-Only? And if the disciples should focus on learning some doctrines now? Master Zhimin replied:

Han peopleTime: 2025-04-18

The hot summer has arrived, and various beverages have become popular again.In addition to refreshing taste, the nutritional function of the beverage is also a key point in sales promotion, among which vitamins C It is the biggest selling point.Some products even promote drinking a bottle of drinks

Vegetarian HealthTime: 2025-04-11

Question: I have heard this monk say: Every morning when you wake up, pay attention to what your first thought is, whether it is a chaotic, a chaotic or a clear mindfulness. Then you will know what your state is.I wake up every morning without any intention, let alone

Han peopleTime: 2025-03-31

Question 1. What karma makes grandpa crushed to death by rice bags? Is it punished by gods, or is it retribution for the evil karma of breaking the mouse's vertebrae and forming a grudge with the mouse?Where did he go after he passed away?Do you obtain the merits of the dedication?2. Why the father

Dream Cause and Effect Q&ATime: 2025-03-22

Question: In 2007, my disciple took the Bodhisattva precepts in Donglin’s ancestral temple. After returning home, he only persisted for a few months. Later, he did not receive the precepts in the precepts book, nor did he read and recited them for half a month.Now, at home, in addition to working, he listens to Master’s CDs, and worships Buddha at home and recites Buddha’s name by himself.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-03-21

Master Zhihai replied: It is related. If you are in danger in your dream, you swear to eat vegetarian food in your dream, which means that it has a causal relationship.When you are in danger, you know that you have vowed to eat vegetarian food. You have always heard of the relevant doctrines, which is related to getting close to Buddhism and good teachers in the past.This can be said to be a dream creation, etc.

Han peopleTime: 2025-03-18

Author: Khenpo Sodaji translated article source: Excerpted from "Interpretation of the Bodhisattva's Practice and Treatise on the Sea of Good Sayings: Lecture 40". Of course, in addition to the five sins of immortality, some sins are very serious, but they may not be retribution immediately in their next life.Before, Karabbagsi

Cause and effectTime: 2025-03-12

Question: When reciting sutras, do you need to memorize cause and effect when reading misreading words? Answer: When reciting Buddhist scriptures, you must be sincere and respectful. Only in this way can you eliminate karma and gain wisdom.If you are careless, or even disrespectful, you will not only be difficult to gain benefits, but your sin of brutality will be unbearable.

Buddha answeredTime: 2025-03-12

The dependence of the lonely life is not to be found.If you want to find this sincerity, we actually have the wrong eyes and the wrong mentality.It's like an old woman whose son has passed away and has been cremated.She can't bear to leave her son because she can't bear to leave her son

Han peopleTime: 2025-03-10

Do you need to change the water before Buddha every day?Is it okay to cover it with glass?Answer: Change it clean every day.Water is the most important offering tool, it represents a pure mind and an equal mind. In the title of the "Amitabha Sutra", "Pure and Equal Enlightenment", the mind will be pure and equal.

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-03-04

The guest of Nanjing King asked: Buddhism is in the world and is not separated from worldly awareness. This sentence comes from the Huayan Sutra. Seeking Buddhism after leaving the world is just like looking for a rabbit horn. Buddhism is the worldly Dharma, and worldly Dharma is the Buddha. As I explain, our earthly Dharma is the world, and Sakyamuni Buddha practices in the snow mountain and speaks everywhere.

Han peopleTime: 2025-02-23

Li Guangquan, Beijing asked: Ancient saying: Dharma is free from seeing, hearing, feeling, and knowing. If you practice, seeing, hearing, feeling, and seeking the Dharma, it is not seeking the Dharma.According to my explanation, the nature of one's nature is still unmoving, which is true knowledge and realization. As the ancients said: It is knowledge but ignorance, not ignorance but ignorance.If you eliminate all false thoughts, it will be no beginning

Han peopleTime: 2025-02-23

Pan Fu from Tianjin asked: Someone said: I wish to be reborn in the East, see the Medicine Buddha, and after hearing the Dharma, I can realize my mind and nature, then return to the Saha world and save all sentient beings. If I understand my mind and nature in the East, I realize the Pure Land of Eternal Light and I will not be able to accept it, there will be reincarnation in the place, such as Sakyamuni Buddha, Ananda, and Horse

Han peopleTime: 2025-02-22

Question: I have been studying Buddhism for a short time. Do I need to dedicate after reciting the holy name of Amitabha Buddha?If necessary, what is the content of the dedication?Answer: Dedication is required.Bodhisattva Tianqin talks about the five thoughts, which includes dedication.Dedication is to achieve great compassion.if

Master Da'anTime: 2025-02-19

Layman: If we can do our best, should we be a good person first, such as implementing the "Rules for Disciples" and "The Recruitment of the Recruitment", and then chanting the Buddha's name can achieve significant results?Please give me compassion.Master Da'an replied: It is a matter of chanting Buddha's name to be reborn.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-02-16

The Master’s Teachings: If you can develop a certain understanding of the method of cause and effect, then you will never commit evil deeds again, and you will never do bad things again, and it is easy to control your thoughts.It is difficult to say if there is no causal understanding.If a country or everyone in the world

Cause and effectTime: 2025-02-13

As the saying goes, such a cause and such a result, you still have to fear cause and effect.Your yesterday is your cause today, and your today is your cause tomorrow.Only by grasping the present and changing the cause can we change the result of tomorrow, change our destiny, and truly be liberated.All beings are equal and respectful

Cause and effectTime: 2025-02-11

Layman: The concept of cause and effect and the six realms of reincarnation are necessary prerequisites for moral construction. So is this just a theoretical assumption, or is it true?Why do saints use the divine teachings?Master: The cause and effect of good and evil and the six realms of reincarnation are not just moral theory

Six Paths of ReincarnationTime: 2025-02-09

True practitioners stay away from fame and fortune and do not shake their hearts for fame and fortune. Master Xuanhua’s compassionate teachings: When a person who practices Zen reaches the point of time, he will never lose his temper or argue with others, and will reach the state of Samadhi of No Controversy.Neither seeking fame nor profit, but seeing wealth become a part of the flowers

Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-01-24

With the power of vows, you can always be with wisdom and wisdom, and you can teach Master Xuanhua compassionately: "You can enter one place with convenience, and hold all the sea of vows, and always keep it with wisdom, and the future will be the best."These great Bodhisattvas can follow the convenient methods and enter all levels.The convenient method is

Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-01-22

I am 29 years old this year. I have been tyrannical since I had memories when I was a child. I don’t know why I was. The intermittent memory clips are about 4 years old. I got up in the morning and lay in the quilt and asked my mother what she was doing. My mother said she was cooking in the fire.

Retribution of evil lustTime: 2025-01-14

If someone tells you, Master Jingbo will practice both Buddhism and Taoism.Please stay away from such people.This shows that he is 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 says,

Cause and effectTime: 2025-01-14

Answer: When reading and reciting Buddhist scriptures, you must be sincere and respectful. Only in this way can you eliminate karma and gain wisdom.If you are careless, or even disrespectful, you will not only be difficult to gain benefits, but your sin of brutality will be unimaginable.Therefore, before chanting the scriptures, it is advisable to check the new words in the scriptures.

Cause and effectTime: 2025-01-12

Master Weixian replied: No contradiction.Buddhism talks about the Five Mings, and there is science in the Five Mings.The Yoga Sage says: Bodhisattvas should seek in the five wisdoms.The inner wisdom among the Five Mings is Buddhism. Other medical principles, skillfulness, statements, and reason are all in the world, but we must use Buddhist teachings.

Han peopleTime: 2025-01-06