Pure Land Buddhism
Amitābha
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After countless eons of effort, his boundless willpower finally enabled him to create the most ideal world in the universe—the Western Sukhavati. From then on, he became Amitabha Buddha, praised by all the Buddhas of the ten directions. Sentient beings attain the Western Pure Land of Supreme Bliss through the single-minded repetition of his name. In the Western Pure Land of Supreme Bliss, there are no evil realms, and one encounters great Bodhisattvas such as Avalokiteshvara, Mahasthamaprapta, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra. One can hear and receive the Dharma and enjoy an endless lifespan. One can also know the thoughts and destinies of other beings in various places and gain wisdom equal to that of the Buddha.
阿彌陀佛
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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.
According to the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra* and the teachings of Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, eating is illusory and unreal in the ultimate truth (Tathatā), but in the conventional truth (phenomenal world), it has a temporary function and karmic retribution. The following points, based on the *Śūraṅgama Sūtra* and Venerable Master Hsuan Hua's explanation,...
Master Hsuan Hua's saying, "The Dharmakaya is the true nature (Tathatā), and the true nature (Tathatā) is formless and without characteristics," appears on the surface to be a profound Buddhist teaching beyond the world, but in reality, this principle is extremely closely related to our secular lives. Simply put, its application in secular life...
The foundational introduction to Buddhism is primarily built upon three core directions: right understanding and right view, regulating speech and behavior, and daily practice. Although many people's first impression of Buddhism is "bald heads" (the image of ordained monks), studying Buddhism does not necessarily mean becoming a monk. Buddhism is...
Yes, you can absolutely practice Buddhism and enter the path to enlightenment as a lay practitioner engaging in proper sexual relations. In the context of Buddhist teachings, including those of Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, there is a clear distinction between the strict celibacy (brahmacariya) required of the monastic Sangha and the ethical...
The Buddhist concept of "avoiding the defiled world" differs fundamentally from the modern psychological or everyday concept of "closing oneself off" in terms of motivation, inner state, and ultimate outcome. Based on the compassionate teachings of Master Hsuan Hua and the principles of Buddhism, the core differences are as follows:
According to the teachings of Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, staying away from the defiled world is not about physical isolation or running away from society, but about maintaining internal purity while actively living in the world. Master Hsuan Hua frequently emphasized that the "defiled world" is a state of mind driven by greed, hatred, delusion,...
It can be incredibly draining to constantly encounter anger and ill manners, especially when you are trying to approach life with mindfulness and a desire for peace. To understand your experience through the lens of Venerable Master Hsuan Hua's teachings, we have to look at how Buddhism views our daily encounters—not as random accidents, but as...
In Buddhism, it is indeed very difficult to educate or guide people in the Desire Realm (the material world filled with desires for men and women, food and sleep, etc.) to reach the first dhyana stage of the Form Realm.
According to Master Hsuan Hua's teachings, not losing one's temper (cultivating patience and cutting off the fire of ignorance) is an extremely important key and an essential path to spiritual practice and liberation. However, if one wants to completely escape the cycle of rebirth, it is also necessary to fundamentally eliminate all afflictions and...
In Buddhism and in the teachings of Master Hsuan Hua, "repentance" is not simply equivalent to "not getting angry," but "not getting angry (not losing one's temper)" is a core practice and indicator in repentance and spiritual cultivation. Simply put, repentance is defined as "correcting one's mistakes and never repeating them"; while "not getting...
This is absolutely a common prejudice (stereotype), and a very prevalent phenomenon. Before encountering Buddhism, many people tend to equate it with "morning bells and evening drums, dull and boring, passive escapism, and a bunch of incomprehensible scriptures." However, from the perspective and teachings of Master Hsuan Hua, he was precisely the...
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
cut off eating five pungent rootsA 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.
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.
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
