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‘The Song Of Patience By Hánshān & Shídé’ As Sung By The Bodhisattvas Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra & Maitreya 文殊、普贤与弥勒菩萨所唱的《寒山拾得忍耐歌》
May. 16 | The following is a beloved classic teaching on patience (忍辱), called ‘Hánshān Asks Shídé’《寒山问拾得》or ‘Hánshān’s [And] Shídé’s Patience Song’《寒山拾得忍耐歌》, with notes on its meaning. 稽首文殊，寒山之士。南无普贤，拾得定是。 [I]...
How Bodhisattvas Should Always Practise Repentance 菩萨应当如何常修忏悔
May. 8 | 忏悔文 (1) 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》 Verse For Repentance (1) Of all my past created evil karma, all by beginningless greed,...
How The Buddha Saved A Suicidal Girl
May. 3 | 诸佛念念念众生… All Buddhas, from thought to thought, [who are] are mindful of all beings… – Shilashanti According to the ‘Rajjumala-vimāna’, there was a servant’s daughter in Gayā, who was scolded and physically...
Have You Chosen Your Last Thought Yet?
Apr. 26 | The fundamental practice NOW is to take good care of this thought in this moment, from thought to thought, from moment to moment. – Shilashanti What will your last thought be, right before your coming rebirth? As the natural working of death-proximate...
Where To Meet Amitābha Buddha & Maitreya Bodhisattva Together 如何同见阿弥陀佛与弥勒菩萨
Apr. 11 | 愿我临欲命终时， 尽除一切诸障碍， 面见彼佛阿弥陀， 即得往生安乐刹。 – 普贤菩萨 《普贤菩萨行愿品》 May I, when approaching, almost [at] life’s end, completely eradicate all obstacles, [to] personally...
‘Spider-man: Homecoming’ To Buddha-Nature?
Apr. 10 | Some say ‘clothes maketh the man’. There is some truth in this, but only to some extent. The idea is that how well you dress can somehow lead to how well you succeed. It is a little like the concept of ‘fake it till you make it’...
Does Śākyamuni Buddha Have His Own Pure Land? 释迦牟尼佛有自己的净土吗？
Apr. 3 | 末世法灭之时， 特驻此经， 百年在世， 接引众生， 往生彼国。 – 释迦牟尼佛 《无量寿经》 When it is the last period of the Dharma-Ending Age [which is this era], I will specially retain this Sūtra, for one hundred...
How To Have Thought Of Being Reborn In Pure Land? 如何作往生想？
Mar. 14 | 唯持名一法， 摄机最普， 下手最易， 不致或起魔事。 – 净土宗十三祖印光大师 [O]nly [the] one method [of] upholding [the] name, gathers [all spiritual] capacities most universally, [and is the] most easy to start [practising], not...
Samantabhadra & Manjusri Bodhisattvas’ Greatest Dedication Of Merits
Mar. 14 | Those who make this heartfelt aspiration for the Bodhisattva way Will be free of all lower rebirths, Free of harmful companions, And will quickly see Amitabha, Infinite Light. – Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (The King Of Prayers) In order to train just...
The Swiftest Path To Buddhahood
Feb. 12 | 若人疾欲至， 不退转地者， 应以恭敬心， 执持称名号。 – 龙树菩萨 《十住毗婆沙论》(易行品) If one swiftly desires [to] reach, [the] ground [of] non-retrogression [for progress to Buddhahood, one] should with reverent...
What If You Are Reborn Here Again?
Jan. 30 | 末法亿亿人修行， 罕一得道； 唯依念佛， 得度生死。 – 释迦牟尼佛 《大集经》 [In the] Dharma-Ending [Age, which is NOW, when] koṭis* [of] koṭis [of] humans cultivate [Dharma] practice, [it is] rare [that] one attains...
How The Future Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva ‘First’ Visited Hell
Jan. 12 | 佛名大觉，具一切智， 若在世时，我母死后， 傥来问佛，必知处所。 – 婆罗门女 《地藏菩萨本愿经》 [The] Buddha [is] named [the] Great Awakened [One], complete [with] all wisdom, thus [on] when alive, [and]...
The Lotus Sūtra’s Verses For Breaking Free From Hell 法华经之破地狱偈
Dec. 11 | 破地狱偈 [3] 每自作是念： ‘以何令众生， 得入无上道， 速成就佛身？’ – 释迦牟尼佛 《法华经》如来寿量品第十六 Verse For Breaking Free From Hell [3] [I] always personally have this thought, ‘With...
The Flower Adornment & Immeasurable Life Sūtras’ Verses For Breaking Free From Hell 华严经与无量寿经之破地狱偈
Dec. 11 | 破地狱偈 [1] 若人欲了知， 三世一切佛， 应观法界性， 一切唯心造。 – 觉林菩萨 《华严经》升夜摩天宫品第十九 Verse For Breaking Free From Hell [1] If [a] person desires [to] understand fully, [the] three...
