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How Mindfulness Of Amituofo Connects To Sharing Of Merits
Question: How does sharing of merits work? Will the ‘concentration’ of merits be ‘diluted’ if they are shared with all beings instead of one person...
Must We Face West To Nianfo?
从是西方,过十万亿佛土,有世界名曰极乐。 From here, in the western direction, passing a hundred thousand koṭis of Buddha Lands, there is a world [land] named “Ultimate Bliss’. – 释迦牟尼佛 Śākyamuni...
Grave Admonition Against Slander Of Pure Land Practice
若有众生,If there are beings 闻是说者,who hear this [teaching], 应当发愿,they should vow [aspire] 生彼国土。to be born in that [Pure] Land [of Amituofo]. – 释迦牟尼佛 Śākyamuni Buddha (佛说阿弥陀经 The Sūtra...
How To Help Dying & Deceased ‘Non-Buddhists’
Question: There was a Buddhist son, whose old Father, a non-Buddhist but traditional Chinese man passed away. His non-Buddhist wake of another religion was held at his second...
How To Share The Power Of Merits & Guidance 如何分享功德力与引导力
Question: Why do Pure Land Buddhists chant [A] with the dying and [B] for the already deceased? Answer: [A] When someone is dying, support-chanting is done for these two reasons:...
Why Your Last Thought Matters So Much
Question: Why is it that one’s last thought before rebirth can affect the realm of rebirth so much? Answer: This last thought creates death-proximate karma – it is the very...
How Do I Know My Nianfo Practice Is Enough?
Question: How do I know my nianfo practice is enough? Answer: It is enough when you have reached Pure Land. Q: What if I experience some auspicious signs already? A: As they are...
Mindfulness As ‘Magnetisation’
Mindfulness As ‘Magnetisation’ Part 1: Magnetisation To make a piece of iron a magnet, it can be stroked with a stronger magnet, until it becomes magnetised. This has...
The Two-Way Alignment In Nianfo
When we Nianfo with a sincere heart, we will naturally align our Buddha-nature’s Self-power (from our self-nature’s Amituofo), with Amituofo’s Other-power (the actual Amituofo)...