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Archive for March, 2018
Project Patience: How To ‘Fight’ The Fire Of Anger (4th Run)
Mar. 31 | Click HERE To Register Praise From Previous Runs: More than 10 years ago, I attended a fellowship session led by teacher Shi’an. The discussion happened to be based on a chapter in Shantideva’s ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life’....
The 48 Great Vows Of Amituofo (7th Run): Boundless Blessings For This Life & The Next
Mar. 30 | Click HERE To Register Some Participants’ Feedback: Great thanks to Bro. Shi’an, for the profound and meaningful teaching on the 48 Great Vows of Amituofo. This is the 2nd time I am attending this course and through this, I have been able to...
Be Not An Animal
Mar. 28 | 畜牲本是人来做， 人畜轮回古到今。 若不披毛并戴角， 劝君休使畜性心。 – 普庵禅师 Animals [including livestock] originally were humans, [who have] become [them, as] humans and animals [are] reborn [as one another from]...
10 Reflections On Repentance
Mar. 28 | 我昔所造诸恶业， 皆由无始贪嗔痴， 从身语意之所生， 一切我今皆忏悔。 – 普贤菩萨 （华严经普贤行愿品） Of all my past created evil karma, all by beginningless greed, anger and delusion, from my body, speech...
[10] How To Cultivate To Reach Pure Land?
Mar. 28 | 净土十疑论 The Treatise On Ten Doubts About Pure Land 隋天台智者大师著 Written by Sui Dynasty’s Tiantai Tradition’s Great Master Zhizhe (538–597 CE) 优婆塞沈时安英译 Translated to English by Upāsaka Shen Shi’an (2014...
What To Chant Before Buddha & Bodhisattva Images?
Mar. 28 | Question: What should I chant if I wish to pay respects before images of different Buddhas (e.g. Medicine Buddha) and Bodhisattvas (e.g. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva)? I only know how to chant ‘Amituofo’ (Amitabha Buddha; 阿弥陀佛). Answer: If...
It’s A Very Very ‘Mad World’
Mar. 28 | ‘Mad World’ (一念无明) accurately depicts of how the mentally ill, who deserve more empathy by society get more demonisation instead. Much more dangerous than the extremely rare ‘raving lunatics’, are the masses’...
Verses On Pleasure
Mar. 19 | 见乐著人，当愿众生， 以法自娱，欢爱不舍。 见无乐著，当愿众生， 有为事中，心无所乐。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第80-81偈) Seeing those attached to [sense] pleasures, [reflect that] ‘May sentient...
I Don’t Wanna Be A Bodhisattva Or Buddha
Mar. 19 | Confession: I do not find it necessary to walk the Bodhisattva path to help others, as there are already countless Buddhas around. It does not make a difference if there is one less. Attaining self-liberation as an Arhat is enough for me. I do not see...
[9] How Do Those Lacking Roots Reach Pure Land From Afar?
Mar. 19 | 净土十疑论 The Treatise On Ten Doubts About Pure Land 隋天台智者大师著 Written by Sui Dynasty’s Tiantai Tradition’s Great Master Zhizhe (538–597 CE) 优婆塞沈时安英译 Translated to English by Upāsaka Shen Shi’an (2014...
Did The Buddha Die Of Food-Poisoning In Old Age?
Mar. 19 | Question: How is it that the Buddha could have died at 80 years old due to eating spoiled pork? Answer: Since the Buddha already announced the date of his passing at least 3 months in advance, he did not die of ageing or sickness, as he was in total...
