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.Fall Haiku
Jun. 20 | Always be mindful as all it takes is a slip to fall badly.
Excerpts
That One Should Disdain Hardships
Sep. 9 | You will earn the respect of all menif you begin by earning the respect of yourself.— Musonius Rufus(Fragment: 30) In order to support more easily... Read more »- 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
- Master Being A Beginner
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 like bright pearls.— Śākyamuni... Read more »Quotes
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
Sep. 11 | 沙门夜诵迦叶佛遗教经，其声悲紧，思悔欲退。佛问之曰：「汝昔在家，曾为何业？」对曰：「爱弹琴。」佛言：「弦缓如何？」对曰：「不鸣矣。」「弦急如何？」对曰：「声绝矣。」「急缓得中如何？」对曰：「诸音普矣。」佛言：「沙门学道亦然，心若调适，道可得矣。于道若暴，暴即身疲。其身若疲，意即生脑。意若生脑，行即退矣。其行既退，罪必加矣。但清净安乐，道不失矣。」 —... Read more »- 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
- Return To Original Nature By Understanding The Path 返本会道
Letters
How Best To Have Sea Burial?
Sep. 8 | Question: For sea burial, is it better to scatter the ashes, which seems to express freedom, or to drop the ashes in the urn?Answer: Scattering of... Read more »- 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?
- Are Saṃsāra & The Sahā World Same?
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: If one knows... Read more »Movies
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 a ‘purebred’... Read more »‘She’s Funny That Way’, How She’s Connected To Others
Sep. 7 | In the tight comedic scripting of ‘She’s Funny That Way’, the audience quickly realises how each person is linked to another. As... Read more »- 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
- The Chicken Or Egg Question In ‘The Coldest Game’
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’
- Lilian on Who Are Your Karmic Creditors?
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- Surja Muliadi on Guru Rinpoche & Lama Tsongkhapas's Exhortation To Reach Pure Land
- Edwin on The (Mind-Only) Verses By Forest Of Awakening Bodhisattva 觉林菩萨偈
- Alan Lim on Launches Of 'The Pure Land Passport'
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