Best Haiku
Sep. 26 | Do (what is right)(with) your (thought, word and deed)best (you can).Battle Haiku
Sep. 12 | As life is precious and short,choose your battles well —those against your ‘self’.Buddha Haiku
Aug. 30 | If what mindful of, you will become —be mindful of Buddha then.Ego Haiku
Aug. 8 | Ego is our true enemy, for both ourselves and our false ‘enemies’.Freedom Haiku
Jul. 26 | Freedom is fromgreed, hatred and delusion,not to be greedy, hateful and deluded.Mind Haiku
Jul. 11 | Mind your mind more as it matters more than your matter.
Excerpts
To What Extent Should The Dharma Be Protected? 护法应当到什么程度？
Sep. 23 | 于诸佛净戒，护持如明珠。— 释迦牟尼佛《梵网经菩萨戒本》Of all the Buddhas’ pure precepts,protect and uphold them... Read more »- That One Should Disdain Hardships
- May Your Compassion Be More Powerful Than Greed
- Does Cutting Out The Organs Disturb The Mind?
- Why Should I Attain Buddhahood Too?
- Why Be Ashamed Of Being Shameless?
- Be As Bodhisattva-Like As You Can
- The Butter & Lamp Analogies For Buddha-Nature
- Tame & Transform Your Raging Tiger
- Do The Right Thing Naturally
- One Stone At A Time
It Is Easier To Be Born In Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land
Nov. 11 | I prostrate to Amitabha, leader of humans and gods.Through compassion you always see each migrator as your own child.Remembering you just once leaves fear of the Lord of Death... Read more »Quotes
With Self Emptied Is Fear Eradicated 我空怖灭
Nov. 13 | 人从爱欲生忧，从忧生怖。若离与愛，何忧何怖？ — 释迦牟尼佛《四十二章经》: 第三十二章 People from attachments and desires give... Read more »With Wisdom’s Brightness Destroy The Demonic 智明破魔
Sep. 25 | 夫为道者，譬如一人与万人战。挂铠出门，意或怯弱：或半路而退，或格斗而死，或得胜而还。沙门学道，应当坚持其心，精进勇锐，不畏前境，破灭众魔，而得道果。 —... Read more »- Abide In The Middle To Attain The Path 处中得道
- With Defilements Purified Brilliance Is Retained 垢净明存
- Passing Through Much To Obtain Victory 展转获胜
- Be Mindful Of Precepts To Be Near The Path 念戒近道
- How Long Or Short Is Life? 生命之长短
- That Taught Are Without Differences 教诲无差
- Walking The Path Is In The Mind 行道在心
- With Straightforward Minds Leaving Desires 直心出欲
- Attain The World By Knowing Its Illusoriness 达世知幻
- Bird In Vase
Letters
Why Dread Karmic Retribution?
Sep. 22 | Question: Why should one be afraid of being reborn in a lower realm like hell if one does not remember anything from one’s past life? Answer:... Read more »- How Best To Have Sea Burial?
- What Is This Certain Sutra About?
- When Do Bodhisattvas Intervene To Help?
- How Does Reciting Sutras Relate To Learning About Them?
- Why Do Buddhists Practise Fasting?
- Is It ‘Better’ To Eat More Small Animals Or One Big One?
- Should I Use Chanting To Fall Asleep?
- Is Spiritual Friendship Or Spirituality More Important?
- How Is The Threefold Refuge Both Vows & Precepts?
- Must Negative Karma Be Exhausted For There To Be Liberation?
Is Guānyīn A Bodhisattva Or Buddha?
Nov. 10 | Question: If Guānshìyīn (Avalokiteśvara) Bodhisattva (观世音菩萨) is still a Bodhisattva as named, why do Buddhists commemorate her/his day of accomplishing... Read more »Movies
My Love Is ‘My Magic’
Nov. 9 | A man jaded after the loss of his wife struggles to provide for himself and his young neglected son. He intoxicates himself by drinking to drown his sorrows, but is reminded... Read more »Meet Ron The White-‘BlackkKlansman’
Sep. 21 | Dharmically, we have been reborn so many times already, that we must have all been of various species of sentient beings, what more races. Who is... Read more »- ‘She’s Funny That Way’, How She’s Connected To Others
- Was ‘Mee Pok Man’s Love ‘True’?
- A Monkey’s Satire On Human ‘Love’?
- Should You Choose ‘Truth Or Dare’?
- On ‘Percy Jackson’, Knowledge & Power
- ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Of A Manifesto
- A Golden Line Extracted From ‘Extraction’
- Choose Life Again, According To ‘T2: Trainspotting’?
- Choose Life, According To ‘Trainspotting’?
- The Matrix’s Desert Of The Real Vs Altered Carbon’s Garden Of The Virtual
Courses
如何运用佛法确认正法
Oct. 12 | Read more »- Project Patience: How To ‘Fight’ The Fire Of Anger (4th Run)
- The 48 Great Vows Of Amituofo (7th Run): Boundless Blessings For This Life & The Next
- Introduction To Buddhist Perspectives On Death & Dying
- Project Rebirth: Rediscover, Reflect, Recharge (Round 12)
- 净土归宿：如何拥有最佳的往生
- Project Connection: Principles Of Classic & Modern Pure Land Testimonials (1st Run)
- Understanding Amituofo Via The Amitabha Sutra (20th Run)
- Destination Pureland: How To Have The Best Rebirth (7th Run)
- Understanding Amituofo Via The Amitabha Sutra: Introduction To Pure Land Buddhism (19th Run)
- The Heart of ‘The Heart Sutra’: The Core Of Wisdom (11th Run)
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FAQs On The Pure Land Passport Book
Apr. 25 | Question: Why is it called so? Answer: As stated in the book’s first section at purelanders.com/passport, ‘As a skilful means to spur interest, this handy book is... Read more »Notice On Reprinting Without Permission
Feb. 21 | It came to the attention of TDE Press that its latest publication, a fresh English translation of ‘The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra’ (as below)... Read more »- The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra 般若波罗蜜多心经
- The Pure Land Pass Card 净土信愿卡
- Media Release On Book On Amituofo’s 48 Great Vows
- Amitābha Buddha’s Forty-Eight Great Vows 阿弥陀佛四十八大愿
- ‘Apply’ For ‘The Pure Land Passport’《净土护照》Here
- 100 Reasons To Get ‘The Pure Land Passport’
- Media Review Of ‘The Pure Land Passport’
- Praise For ‘The Pure Land Passport’
- Launches Of ‘The Pure Land Passport’
- Distribution Of ‘The Pure Land Passport’
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- Surja Muliadi on Guru Rinpoche & Lama Tsongkhapas's Exhortation To Reach Pure Land
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