Pure Land Buddhism

In a degenerate age, a simple Buddhist practice that anyone could resort to for enlightenment: devotion to Amitābha Buddha as expressed in the nembutsu. Thanks to Amitābha's compassion, beings are born in the Pure Land (Sukhāvatī in Sanskrit) where they can achieve enlightenment more easily.


Buddhismus des reinen Landes

In einem degenerierten Zeitalter, eine einfache buddhistische Praxis, auf die jeder zur Erleuchtung zurückgreifen kann: Hingabe an Amitābha Buddha, wie im Nembutsu ausgedrückt. Dank Amitābhas Mitgefühl werden Wesen im Reinen Land (Sukhavatī auf Sanskrit) geboren, wo sie leichter Erleuchtung erlangen können.

Buddhism believes that the replacement for emotions is aspiration. Aspiration is like setting a goal. "Emotions" are the main triggers for action; similarly, "setting goals" is also a trigger for action. Different emotions determine different rebirth destinations; similarly, different aspirations (such as the aspiration to go to the realm of...

For example, there are many birds in our mountains, and the ones closest to our lives are swallows and sparrows. Sparrows don't build nests, but they like to occupy swallows' nests. Swallows like to build nests under our houses, but they don't care, if you want to occupy my nest, I will give it to you, and they will find...


I hope that all of you who study Buddhism will study Buddhism honestly and not learn some weird things. "An ordinary mind is the way, and a straight mind is the place of practice." If the mind is crooked, it is not the place of practice. If the mind is not ordinary, it is not the place of practice either....



Lecture by Master Mèng-cen

Especially in the Dharma-ending Age, there are quite a lot of evil ghosts and gods around us. Even those who show mercy do good, when they are dying, hundreds and thousands of ghosts and gods will come and disturb you, change into your relatives, lead you to fall, not to mention those who do evil.

臨終時身不由己,鬼神引你入惡道

https://www.fodizi.tw/fojiaogushi/18396.html

cut off eating five pungent roots

A person in Bodhicitta should never eat these five pungent roots (Welsh onion, Garlic, Garlic chive, scallion, Onion). This is the first step of gradual practice.

-The Surangama Sutra volume 8


Guānyīn Bodhisattva 

Guānyīn Bodhisattva, the pure and undefiled sage. In times of suffering, agony, danger, and death. When you are at the point of utmost suffering, when you are going through pain and suffering, at the peak of anxiety, or when you are about to encounter any danger, when you are about to die, when there is a disaster, this is something that can be relied upon, something you can rely on, something that serves as your protector, you can rely on it, it protects you, he can protect you, you can serrender your body, mind and life entirely to Guānyīn Bodhisattva. Guānyīn Bodhisattva will certinly help you, certinly protect you.


Mūlamadhyamakakārikā

If you see Pratītyasamutpāda (dependent arising), you can see the Buddha.



Pratītyasamutpāda 緣起

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prat%C4%ABtyasamutp%C4%81da

People who hear this Dharma, they would have all achieved the Buddhahood. Bhagavān in future, whose number is beyond enumeration.

-Lotus Sutra volume 1


Lotus Sutra Ch.26 Dhāraṇī

Lecture by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua


Some people can't read, how do they adhiṣṭhāna this Lotus Sutra?

Chant "Namo Lotus Sutra" concentratedly, read the name of the sutra only, is the same as reading the whole of the sutra. Because you can't read, and this is a way. Another way is that you can ask someone to help you adhiṣṭhāna it, ask someone to read it for you, ask someone to explain it for you, and ask someone to write it for you.


大乘妙法蓮華經淺釋
陀羅尼品第二十六https://www.drbachinese.org/online_reading/sutra_explanation/Lotus/Lotus_26.htm

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Lotus Sutra

Chapter 22 - The Entrustment

A Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

https://www.cttbusa.org/dfs22/dfs22.asp.html


There is great merit and virtue in printing the Sutras; it causes your original wisdom to open up.

The gift of Dharma surpasses all other gifts, including gifts of money, but it needs the gift of money to make it possible. You first use money to print the Sutra, and then you can give the Sutra to people. You may not know how to lecture on Sutras, but if you give people this Sutra with its commentary, you accrue the same merit and virtue as if you lectured on it.

Printing Sutras is a way of propagating the Buddhadharma. It opens up your wisdom. Why has not your wisdom opened yet? Because you have little merit and virtue. If you had a lot of merit and virtue, you would be wise and enlightened. The reason you are so confused is that you lack merit and virtue.


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