今天农历十二月十七日是净土宗十二祖彻悟大师的往西日。南无阿弥陀佛。 Today, the 17th day of the 12th lunar month, is the day of rebirth in Pure Land for the Pure Land Tradition’s 12th Patriarch Great Master...
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How Can Mothers & Daughters Directly Improve Society? 母女如何直接改进社会?
今之提倡佛学，须注重于净土法门，及因果报应。 Now, for promoting Buddhist studies, there is need to emphasize upon the Pure Land Dharma Door, and teachings on the causes and effects of retribution...
Chán & Pure Land’s Dual Cultivation In The Perfect Penetration Via Mindfulness Of Buddha 念佛圆通章之禅净双修
问：《大势至菩萨念佛圆通章》所说包括「禅净双修」吗? Question: Is the ‘dual cultivation of Chán and Pure Land‘ included in the ‘Section On Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva’s Perfect...
Recommended Pure Land Practices 推荐的净土行持
Above are acronyms for easier remembering, with details in the links. B/GRAM / BGRAAM: GRAM: (for those with physical and/or mental challenges) B/RAM: A: Sincere mindfulness of...
Can Mindfulness Of Buddha Be Repentance & Aspiration Practice? 能以念佛忏悔发愿吗? Nianfo Eradicates Afflictions & Karmic Obstacles 念佛能除烦脑消业障
念佛能除烦脑消业障 若有皈依佛世尊者、 若称名者， 除百千劫烦恼重障， 何況正心修念佛定？ 释迦牟尼佛《佛说观佛三昧海经》 Mindfulness Of Buddha EradicatesAfflictions & Karmic Obstacles If there are those who take refuge in...
How Deep Faith In Karma Treats Suffering’s Symptoms & Causes Together 深信因果如何标本统治？
深信因果如何标本统治？ How Deep Faith In Karma Treats Suffering’s Symptoms And Causes Together 医家治病，急则治标，缓则治本。 [When] doctors treat sicknesses, [if] urgent, [they] thus treat [the]...
Can Those With Heinous Transgressions & Dharma Slander Reach Pure Land? 五逆谤法者能生净土吗？
阿弥陀佛接引手印 Āmítuófó’s Mudras When Receiving Beings 问：在《无量寿经》中，阿弥陀佛的《第十八愿》声明，造五逆谤法者，不能得生净土。但在《观经》中，净土的《下品下生》声明，包括造五逆者，也能得生净土。我们应当如何理解？ Question: The 18th Vow of Amitābha Buddha...
How Āmítuófó’s 18th Vow Receives Lowest Grade’s Beings 弥陀十八愿如何接引下下品
阿弥陀佛接引手印 Āmítuófó’s Mudras When Receiving Beings 第十八十念皆生我国愿 设我得佛，十方众生， 至心信乐，欲生我国，乃至十念， 若不生者，不取正觉。 唯除五逆，诽谤正法。 Eighteenth Vow [Of] All Born [In] My Land [With] Ten [Mindful]...
[53] Āmítuófó’s Name As The Ultimately Non-Retrogressive Vajra Seed 阿弥陀佛号为毕竟不退之金刚种子
然称名便为成佛种子，如金刚终不可坏。 However, reciting [the] name [of Āmítuófó] thus becomes [the] seed [for] accomplishing Buddhahood, [which] like vajra, [in the] end cannot [be] destroyed...
How Did Śākyamuni Buddha Attain Buddhahood? 释迦牟尼佛如何成佛？
汝今善持，慎勿忘失， 过去未来，三世诸佛， 是诸世尊，皆说如是， 念佛三昧。 我与贤劫诸大菩萨， 因是念佛三昧力故， 得一切智，威神自在。 如是十方无量诸佛， 皆由此法成三菩提。 释迦牟尼佛 《佛说观佛三昧海经》 You should now well uphold, and be careful not to forget, that in the...