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Why Do We Sometimes Cry During Chanting?
Question: When I chanted ‘Amituofo’ during a Dharma ceremony for helping...
Why Good Roots Matter
Here is a collection of teachings by Master Ouyi (9th Patriarch of Chinese Pure Land...
Can Those In Coma Reach Pure Land?
Question: Can one who passes away in a coma state be reborn in Pure Land? Answer: One...
The Youth Who Lacked Good Roots 缺乏善根的少年
缺乏善根的少年...
Is Pure Land Only in the Here & Now?
Some think Pure Land is mind-only, only in the here and now, when the purified mind...
Must Pure Land Practitioners Be Vegetarian?
Generally, it is not a must to be vegetarian to go to Pure Land, as this is not stated...
[2] Pure Land is Home: Story of My Father’s Rebirth
My parents lived in Australia and they did not believe in Buddhadharma. When I first...
Why I Didn’t Promise Her
A friend once asked me to never forget her, to remember to ‘save’ her, to...
Mind-Only Pure Land & Self-Nature Amitabha = Western Pure...
Question: Are the Mind-only Pure Land and the Self-nature Amitabha the same as or...
[19] Top Ten Reasons Why Āmítuófó is So Popular...
[19] Top Ten Reasons Why Āmítuófó is So Popular十大阿弥陀佛如此受欢迎的原因Significance Of...
Advice for Pureland Practitioners by 8th Pureland Patriarch...
Too Many Concerns (To Ming Ta-hsiao) You have too many concerns that preoccupy your...
The Fastest Way to Buddhahood is Via Birth in Āmítuófó’s...
One of the most outstanding characteristics of mindfulness of Buddha (念佛) is that it...
We Are Only Guests In Samsara
逆境来时莫动嗔 西方佛子等疏亲 我今暂作娑婆客 不久莲池会上人 When adverse situations arrive, do not give rise to...
[45]-[64] 20 Short Inspirational Animated Pure Land Testimony...
念佛成佛20則 01。念佛可免難。吳允升 03。念佛保康寧。周乃勳 03。念佛能解厄。台中阿俊嫂 04。念佛蒙接引。李顯貞 05。念佛得安樂。徐雷 06。佛為大醫王。沈中旭...
Is Pure Land Practice Inferior to Zen Practice?
From Master Zhuhung (Eight Chinese Pureland Patriarch): The Pure Land Master...
Buddha Mindfulness In The Dhammapada
See updated version: How To ‘Maximise’ Āmítuófó’s Swiftness In...
Can Immeasurable Life Be Attained Without Birth in Pure Land?
Question: Why is it not possible to attain immeasurable life in this life by practising...
[8] My Mother’s Birth in Pureland
My mother was gravely ill in the Intensive Care Unit for 25 days. On the 2nd of May...
[7] Gratitude to Amituofo
Hi, just to share… as I was just reading the sutra that you [Shi’an] have...