观佛本愿力，遇无空过者，能令速满足，功德大宝海。 《无量寿经优婆提舍》【往生论】婆薮槃头菩萨造:元魏菩提流支译 Contemplating Amitābha Buddha’s original vows’ power, and encountering them, are without those in vain, able to enable...
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How To Fulfil Great Filial Piety? 如何尽大孝？
如何尽大孝？ How To Fulfil Great Filial Piety? 故经云：「供养父母功德，与供养一生补处菩萨功德等。」 [Thus does a] sūtra say, ‘Making offerings [to one’s] father [and] mother’s meritorious virtues...
How To Deal With Memories Arising During Practice?
Question: When practising mindfulness of Buddha’s name, a childhood memory of me having a snack arose. On another occasion, a childhood memory of me cheating in a test arose...
How To Honour & Repay Parents’ Kindness? 何为荣亲报亲之道？
令慈既多年茹素，虔奉观音，尤当以净土法门，常为劝导。 Your esteemed Mother, since [for] many years, [has been] eating [as a] veg[etari]an, devotedly making offerings [to] Guānyīn [Bodhisattva, she] should...
[5] Is Pure Land Only For The Timid & Weak? 净土只适合怯弱者吗？
Views With Reviews #5 (p.247,p.329) View: Is it so that the Easy Path (易行道) is a skilful means (方便) for the timid and weak to strengthen their Faith (信), with practice of...
[6] What Is The Main Pure Land Practice? 何为净土正行？
Views With Reviews #6 (p.249,p.259) View: For Pure Land practice, is there need to practise cessation (止) and contemplation (观) via meditation, with the main method being...
[4] Do We Have Little Affinity With Amitābha Buddha? 我们与阿弥陀佛少缘吗？
Views With Reviews #4 (p.250) View: Since focusing much on rebirth (往生), does Amitābha Buddha’s (阿弥陀佛) Pure Land (净土) teachings reject this world and its pleasures? If so...
[3] Is Practice Easier In Defiled Lands? 在秽土比较容易修行吗？
Views With Reviews #3 (p.355) View: Is it so that practising the Dharma in a defiled land (秽土) for a day superior to practising in a Pure Land (净土) for a kalpa (劫), which makes...
[2] Can All Those Dying Practise Mindfulness Of Buddha? 一切亡者都能念佛吗？
Views With Reviews #2 (p.60) View: Is it so that mindfulness of Buddha (念佛) can only help those who follow their last thoughts (最后一念) when dying, while others will follow their...
[7] Is Amitābha Buddha’s Pure Land Easier To Reach Than Tuṣita’s Inner Court? 阿弥陀佛的净土比兜率内院容易生吗？
Views With Reviews #7 (103)Comparison Of Amitābha Buddha’s Pure Land With Maitreya Bodhisattva’s Tuṣita Heaven’s Inner Court [The following is a summary of the...