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Buddhahood In This Life

修净土者, 既生西方, 即了生死, 亦是即身成佛。 – 净宗十三祖印光大师 Those who cultivate the Pure Land path, since to be born in the Western Pure Land, will immediately end the cycle of birth and death, which...

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Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful!

有一秘诀, 剴切相告。 竭诚尽敬, 妙妙妙妙! – 净宗十三祖印光大师 There is one secret of success [for reaching Pure Land, that is fully aligned to truth], to earnestly inform one another. [It is to have]...

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With The Effect’s Ground Of Awakening, As The Causal Ground’s Mind 以果地觉,为因地心

令友所问,以果地觉,为因地心者,以阿弥陀佛所证之菩提觉道,即阿弥陀佛一句万德洪名,包攝净尽。 念佛众生,果能恳到执持憶念,则以弥陀果德,熏染自己业识妄心。熏之久久,业尽情空。 心与佛合,心与道合。全众生心,成如來藏。因该果海,果彻因源。以果地觉,为因地心,如是如是。 – 印光大师文鈔(答丁福保居士代友人問) ‘As your friend...

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Can Nianfo Overcome Impatience?

Question: Can Nianfo (practice of mindfulness of the name of Amitabha Buddha – ‘Amituofo’) help overcome my impatience in listening to others? Answer: Impatience is a...

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