If stayingin this defiled land longer,be a Bodhisattva longer. If departingfor the Pure Land...
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With Observing Of The Precepts As Giving 以戒为施
一、不杀生… 二、不偷盗；三、不邪染；四、不妄语；五、不饮酒。是为大施。… 谓不杀故，能与无量有情施其无畏。以无畏故，无怨、无憎、无害。… 人间得安隐乐。…...
Why ‘Yángqí’s Lamp Remains Bright And...
When Yìnguāng (印光) first left the household life, seeing the couplet of ‘Yángqí’s oil lamp is...
[74] The Parable Of Ordinary Beings Who Have...
昔有国王设于教法，诸有婆罗门等在我国内制抑洗净，不洗净者，驱令策使种种苦役。In the past, there was a country’s King [who]...
Should We Cater Meals For Wake Support...
Question: Should we cater meals for wake support-chanters? Answer: It is better to keep the...
Eight Solid ‘Brick’ Lessons?
Hell ‘Hell is other people?’Or two or more persons?Or essentially just one person — you...
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Lamp & Ginger 灯姜
杨岐灯盏明千古，宝寿生姜辣万年。 — 佛门对联 Yángqí’s oil lamp is brightfor a thousand ages,Bǎoshòu’s raw ginger...
Bodhisattva Precepts’ ‘Thirty...
[1] 宁以此身投炽然猛火，大坑刀山，终不毁犯三世诸佛经律，与一切女人作不净行。… [1] Rather to be, with this body thrown into a...
[75] The Parable Of The Camel And Urn...
昔有一人先瓮中盛谷，骆驼入头瓮中食谷又不得出，既不得出以为忧恼。In the past, there was a person, first within an urn filling grain...
Is It Alright To ‘Revise’...
Question: Is it alright to ‘revise’ or ‘edit’ a scripture taught by the...
Six Lessons With ‘Squid Game’...
[1] Choice We are always freeto choose to join the madness,or to become more sane. [2] Competition...