心若至诚， 法法皆灵。 心不至诚， 法法不灵。 净土宗十三祖印光大师 If the mind is utmost sincere, all Dharma doors are efficacious. If the mind is not utmost sincere, all Dharma doors are not efficacious. Pure...
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How Soon Can I Return From Pure Land To Console Others?
Question: How quickly can I return from Amituofo’s Pure Land if I wish to swiftly console or help loved ones? Answer: If we study the Contemplation Sutra’s listing of...
How Is Nianfo Onefold, Twofold & Threefold Training?
Question: How does observation of, say the Five Precepts (of not killing, stealing, having sexual misconduct, lying and taking of intoxicants) rid the Three Poisons? Answer: Since...
[1] Biography Of The Chinese Pure Land Tradition’s First Patriarch Great Master Huìyuǎn 中国净土宗初祖慧远大师传
出家法名：释慧远（大师） 地位：净土宗初祖 俗名：贾慧远 出生地：雁门郡楼烦县（今山西原平大芳乡茹岳村） 出生年：334 往生年：416...
A Funeral Reflection 丧礼感叹篇
那晚到一位同修亲人的丧礼结缘念佛去，虽然不是第一次，但看了蛮感叹的。真的不晓得为什么简单的仪式人们总爱复杂化。应该纯佛教的丧礼参杂了民间和道教的仪式。或许人们觉得佛教的丧礼太简单，不体面，觉得做的不够多？还是有人认为这是为往生者做的最后一件事，能奢侈就奢侈，能隆重就隆重。多半人也觉得在丧礼多做就是孝，但重点不在于丧礼的豪华，而是助往生者得到阿弥陀佛的接引。...
Namo Guanshiyin Pusa (1) 南无观世音菩萨 (1)
念念勿生疑， 观世音净圣， 于苦恼死厄， 能为作依怙。 《观世音菩萨普门品》 Thought after thought, do not give rise to doubt, that Guanshiyin is a pure saint, who, when with afflictions, dying, and with difficulties...
How To Resolve ‘Strange’ Sensations With Nianfo
Question: Is it normal to experience some bodily sensations after Nianfo (practice of mindfulness of the name of Amitabha Buddha – ‘Amituofo’) for some time (say after...
With One Line Of ‘Amituofo’
余年近七十，不复事吟哦。 看经费眼力，作福畏奔波。 何以慰心眼，一句阿弥陀。 早也阿弥陀，晚也阿弥陀。 纵饶忙似箭，不废阿弥陀。 白居易 (唐代诗人) In my declining years, nearing seventy, I no longer compose poetry. Reading sutras tolls my...
Can The Non-Virtuous Chant Amituofo Well?
Question: Is it such that only the virtuous (who have done good) are worthy, and able to chant the name of Amitabha Buddha (Amituofo) with an undisturbed mind to experience his...
Why We MUST Keep Learning
Merely months ago, a fellow Purelander kindly managed to encourage her colleague to attend the 18th run of the ‘Understanding Amituofo Via The Amitabha Sutra‘ course...