BackgroundMy Mother, Tan Geok Tin, 72, passed away suddenly on 23 September 2021. I had found her lifeless on the toilet floor at home, at around 9 pm that day, as I tried to do...
Latest Posts
Should I Worry About Taking A Long Time To Have My Lotus Birth In Pure Land? 需要担心在净土久得莲花化生吗？
Question: Should I be concerned that it might take a ‘long’ time to be born from blossoming lotuses in Āmítuófó’s (阿弥陀佛) Pure Land, thus losing...
Is It Hard To Reach Pure Land? Is Life In Pure Land Hard?
Questions: [a] Is it difficult to reach Āmítuófó’s (Amitā[bha] Buddha: 阿弥陀佛) Pure Land? [b] Is practice there difficult?Answers: [a] No, and [b] no. Below are 5 reasons on...
Who Are As True Buddha’s Disciples? 何为真佛弟子？Those Not Filial ‘Learning’ Buddhism Are With The Buddha Contradictory 不孝学佛者与佛悖 True Experiences Of Rebirths With Mindfulness Of Buddha As Proof 念佛往生实验为证据
【何为真佛弟子？】[Who (Are) As True Buddha’s Disciples?]所谓学佛者，必须要敦笃伦常，恪尽己分，诸恶莫作，众善奉行。Those [who] so-called learn Buddhism, must [be] honest [and] sincere [with] proper human...
Structured Classification Of Amitābha Buddha’s 48 Great Vows 阿弥陀佛四十八大愿结构分类
阿弥陀佛四十八大愿结构分类Structured Classification Of Amitābha Buddha’s 48 Great Vows 摄佛身愿 [三愿]:Vows For Gathering The Buddha’s Body [3 Vows]: [1] 第十二：光明遍照十方愿Twelfth Vow Of Bright...
Three Blessings, Three Minds And Three Beings 三福、三心、三众
《观经》摘录Excerpts From The Contemplation Sūtra: 三福 欲生彼国者，当修三福。 一者，孝养父母，奉事师长，慈心不杀，修十善业。二者，受持三归，具足众戒，不犯威仪。三者，发菩提心，深信因果，读诵大乘，劝进行者。 如此三事，名为净业。… Three Blessings Those desiring birth in...
Verse On Six Threes 六三偈
六三偈 愿生极乐者，有三种众生，累积三资粮，乘摄生三愿，具发三种心，修净业三福，入三辈九品，得一生补处。 Verse On Six Threes Those aspiring for birth in the Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss, have Three Kinds Of Sentient Beings, who...
Changing And Cleaning The Deceased
Question: As we should minimise touching and moving of the deceased (to minimise physical and mental disturbance, as there will be greatly magnified pain and anger if the...
Nine Questions And Answers On Entering, Exiting And Re-entering Āmítuófó’s Pure Land
Question [1]: Why re-enter Saṃsāra (i.e. the cycle of birth and death: 生死轮回) after reaching Pure Land (净土)?Answer: After learning and practice (修学) in and via a...
The Three Provisions & Three Minds In Āmítuófó’s Three Vows For Gathering Sentient Beings: How Are His 18th, 19th & 20th Vows Related? 阿弥陀佛摄生三愿之三资粮与三心: 第十八、十九与二十愿的关系
阿弥陀佛摄生三愿之三资粮与三心：第十八、十九与二十愿的关系 The Three Provisions And Three Minds In Amitābha Buddha’s Three Vows For Gathering Sentient Beings: How Are His 18th, 19th And 20th Vows...