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Giving Rise To Bodhicitta & Reaching Pure Land
Giving Rise To Bodhicitta Giving rise to Bodhicitta means having the aspiration to be...
Support-Chanting For All Practitioners
If the dying is a good practitioner, all the more should there be support-chanting, to...
Can Those Who Die Suddenly Reach Pure Land?
Question: How can those who have sudden deaths (e.g. due to accident, suicide, murder...
Is Pure Land Here & Now?
Question: I came across an event about ‘Pure Land Here & Now’, that claims to offer...
Can Ghosts & Gods Punish & Reward Humans?
Question: I learnt that unseen beings comprising of ghosts and gods are able to read...
Can Buddhists Chant In Restrooms & Bedrooms?
The true spiritual taboo is to embrace the three poisons, to let them grow unchecked. –...
How To Remain Staunch Pure Land Practitioners
This article comes from the Buddhist point of view, and is strictly for Buddhists only...
How Mindfulness Of Amituofo Connects To Sharing Of Merits
Question: How does sharing of merits work? Will the ‘concentration’ of...
Grave Admonition Against Slander Of Pure Land Practice
若有众生，If there are beings 闻是说者，who hear this [teaching], 应当发愿，they should vow [aspire]...
How To Share The Power Of Merits & Guidance 如何分享功德力与引导力
Question: Why do Pure Land Buddhists chant [A] with the dying and [B] for the already...
Why Your Last Thought Matters So Much
Question: Why is it that one’s last thought before rebirth can affect the realm...
How Do I Know My Nianfo Practice Is Enough?
Question: How do I know my nianfo practice is enough? Answer: It is enough when you...
Mindfulness As ‘Magnetisation’
Mindfulness As ‘Magnetisation’ Part 1: Magnetisation To make a piece of...
The Two-Way Alignment In Nianfo
When we Nianfo with a sincere heart, we will naturally align our Buddha-nature’s Self...
Wholeheartedness Comes Before Single-Mindedness
The Three Provisions needed for connection to Amituofo are Faith, Aspiration and...
How To Help Those With Dementia Reach Pure Land
Question: Is there any way to help someone with dementia reach Pure Land? Will it work...
Can Buddhists Be Time Travellers?
As we shall see, the Buddhist answer to this interesting question is complex and...
How The Eighth Difficulty Makes The Difficult Path More Difficult
Question: In 维摩诘经 (Vimalakirti Sutra), there is mention of 八难 (Eight Difficulties) of...
Why Trembling During Chanting?
Question: When we were chanting a sutra during a relative’s wake at a temple, a family...