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.
The Earth will not be overcrowded by the reincarnation of ghosts.
Yes, The White Lotus of Compassion Sutra (Sanskrit: Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka-sūtra) holds immense literary value, particularly within the genre of epic Mahāyāna Buddhist narrative literature.
"Precepts, Concentration, and Wisdom" are the core principles of Buddhist practice, known as the "Three uncontaminated forms of training / Threefold training". Simply put, they are three essential stages for eliminating afflictions, correcting physical and mental behavior, and ultimately achieving enlightenment. Master Hsuan Hua provided a very...
According to Master Hsuan Hua's teachings, the "Buddhist seven retreat" (a concentrated practice where believers single-mindedly recite the Buddha's name and worship the Buddha for seven consecutive days) organized by humans can indeed help beings in the ghost realm to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. This is because Buddhism...
The Diamond Sutra can thoroughly heal the damage to body and mind. Its core lies in using "Prajna wisdom" to break through all attachments and delusions, fundamentally healing suffering. In his lectures on the Diamond Sutra and various Q&A sessions, Master Hsuan Hua elaborated on how this classic text brings about transformation from the mind to...
The "Chapter on Pure Conduct" (淨行品, Jingxing Pin) from the Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Garland Sutra) is one of the most practical guides in Mahayana Buddhism. It consists of 141 aspirations (vows) that transform everyday, mundane activities into paths of spiritual awakening. For laypeople, this chapter is highly accessible because it does not require...
The true purpose of becoming a Buddhist monk is to end the cycle of birth and death, break through delusion, and save all living beings, rather than seeking worldly comfort or escaping personal problems.
A Buddhist monk is a fully ordained monastic who has formally renounced worldly life, whereas a virtuous person is anyone—lay or monastic—who lives an ethical life based on wholesome intentions and moral restraint.
Are those with more desires further from Buddhahood?
Yes, people who are concerned about their image and constantly live in the eyes and opinions of others will indeed find it difficult to enter the path (attain enlightenment) in Buddhist practice.
Buddhist Q&A: How to use the technique of "delayed gratification" to inspire people to learn Buddhism?
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