勇猛偈Verses On Courageous Power 菩提树下，等觉菩萨，即将成佛，仍有魔考。 Under the Bodhi Tree, Equal Awakening Bodhisattvas, who are about to become Buddhas, still have Māra coming to test them...
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Should We Opt In For AMD?
Question: In Singapore, there is the option to opt in the Advanced Medical Directive (AMD). ‘Opting in means to refuse in advance any life-sustaining treatment to be used to...
Verses On Seeking And Transforming 求化偈
求化偈Verses [On] Seeking [And] Transforming 往生净土，上求佛道。回入娑婆，下化众生。 [Be] reborn [in] Pure Land, [to] seek [the] Buddha path above. Return [to] enter [the] Sahā [World, to] transform...
Verses On Not Changing 不改偈
不改偈Verses [On] Not Changing 佛经佛说，勿自改说。若移一字，不再佛说。 [As] Buddhist sūtras [are by the] Buddha spoken, [do] not personally change [that] spoken. If moving [even] one word, [it is] no...
I, Now Seeing & Hearing This, Should Accept & Uphold This 我今见闻得受持
我今见闻得受持I, Now Seeing [And] Hearing [This], Should Accept [And] Uphold [This] 若人无善心，不得闻此经，清净有戒者，乃获闻正法。 If [a] person [is] without [a] good heart, [one will] not attain hearing [of]...
Verses On Quick Connection 速感偈
速感偈Verses [On] Quick Connection 虽愿无病，大多行者，因业障多，临终仍病。 Although wishing [to be] without sickness, most practitioners, due [to] karmic obstacles [being] many, [when] approaching...
Should There Be Plugging In To Life Support?
Factors For Consideration [1] On whether to plug in to life support or not, if with greater possibility of having proper recovery, there can be plugging in, while quickly...
The Pure Land Dharma Door’s Power And Function Are The Greatest 净土法门力用最大
若知自是具缚凡夫，通身业力，匪仗如来宏誓愿力，决难即生定出轮回。 If knowing oneself is [a] completely bound ordinary being, [with the] whole body [having evil] karma’s power, [if] not relying...
Seeking Supernormal Powers Obstructs The Path Instead 求神通反障道
求神通反障道Seeking Supernormal Powers Obstructs The Path Instead 若妄意欲求神通，则所谓捨本逐末，不善用心。 If [with the] deluded mind desiring [to] seek supernormal [powers], then [is this] so-called [to]...
Encourage Mindfulness Of Buddha To Complete Great Filial Piety 劝念佛尽大孝
二位令亲在堂，宜以净土法门，感应事迹，常时解说，令其发欢喜心，信受奉行。 [The] both [of you, for your] esteemed Mother [still] healthy [and] alive, should with [the] Pure Land Dharma Door, [its’] achievements...