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Posts tagged with "Pure Land"
How Death Hinders Progress To Liberation
Apr. 20 | The thoroughly unenlightened manifest confused rebirths which further confuse themselves. - Stonepeace There is a phenomenon called ‘confusion from separation (from previous lives) by death’ (隔阴之迷), which is the forgetting of the past...
Does Chanting Attract Spirits?
Mar. 21 | Question: I heard some saying that chanting certain mantras or sutras attracts spirits (ghosts) as they also want to listen to the Dharma. Is there any truth in this? If so, does it really matter, especially if I sometimes chant at night? Answer: Generally,...
The Wonderful Open Secret Of Sincerity & Respect
Jan. 30 | With utmost sincerity and deepest reverence for a Dharma teaching learnt, there will be great diligence in practice, leading to realisation of its true goal and benefits. - Stonepeace Ultimately, when the practitioner recites (the name of Amituofo mindfully)...
How To Be Inexhaustible Joyful Lamps Of The Dharma
Jan. 10 | All Buddhas only wish that all practise and share the Dharma well to benefit all. - Stonepeace According to the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra, Mara (the most evil heavenly demon king from the Paranirmita-vashavartin heaven) once disguised as Sakra (the chief...
Why Not Stay In Samsara?
Jan. 9 | Just as we strive to enter good schools to study the worldly, we should strive to enter the best school [Pure Land] to master the Dharma. - Stonepeace Question: There are some who say that one vows to be reborn in this filthy land in order to convert...
From The Fiscal Cliff To The Spiritual Cliff
Jan. 3 | As death can occur at any moment, this is the moment to get ready. - Stonepeace The Fiscal Cliff was a point in time (end of 2012) for the American economy, when certain tax policies expire, and if there is no implementation of a balanced approach for...
The Pure Land Path Is For Everyone
Jan. 2 | Of the two Dharma schools, Samsara is the most challenging, and Pure Lands the most skilful. - Stonepeace The Dharma of Pure Land [path] can assist people of three different potentials [high, average and low roots; everyone] to attain liberation, and...The Zen In Pure Land Practice
Dec. 4 | The supreme power is when Self-Power and Other-Power become One-Power via mindfulness of Buddha. - Stonepeace Those who practice Zen or Pure Land should all understand this truth: “all Dharma methods are equal and none is superior or inferior.”...
How Can Some With Good Karma Become Evil?
Nov. 21 | If merits and wisdom are always steadily cumulative from life to life, we should be liberated already. - Stonepeace One might be reborn into very favourable physical and material circumstances as a result of past good karma ripening now. However, being...How Two Brothers Reached Pure Land
Nov. 21 | Created by Buddhas with mindfulness of the Triple Gem, Pure Lands are ideal schools for learning the Dharma, from the greatest of the Arya [Noble] Sangha. Amituofo is the ‘principal’ of the best known Pure Land, where Bodhisattvas are his...
Course: Understanding Amituofo Via The Amitabha Sutra (11th Run)
Nov. 2 | click to enlarge poster Registration Form: http://thedailyenlightenment.com/forms/buform.pdf Scenes Of 10th Run At Kong Meng San: Practice of guided mindfulness of Buddha Practice of recitation of sutra once before detailed learning with bilingual text Practice...介绍念佛讲座系列
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