Question: I have dreamt of my late Mother on some occasions. Do these dreams have any meaning? Answer: What happens in the dreams? Q: I keep dreaming she is in her bed...
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[10A] Top Ten Difficulties In This Defiled Land Vs Ease In That Pure Land (1) 十大秽土与净土难易之分别（一）
十大秽土与净土难易之分别（二）[10A] Top Ten Difficulties In This Defiled Land Vs Ease In That Pure Land (1) 此土彼土难易十种Ten Kinds Of Difficulties In This Land Versus Ease In That Land...
Do We Chant For The Sick Or Deceased?
Question: Do we chant ‘Amituofo’ for others only when they have passed away? Answer: It is a common misunderstanding that chanting should only be done after someone...
The Sacred Name of Amita Buddha (Amituofo) 阿弥陀佛之圣号
A 阿 (Ah) = Without 无 Mita 弥陀 (Mi Tuo) = Measure 量 A + Mita = Amita 阿弥陀 (Amituo) = Without Measure = Immeasurable (Infinite) 无量 Abha = Light 光 Amita + Abha = Amitabha =...
[14] How Our Father Reach Pure Land
Background When our Father Mr. Y.C. Koh (1918 – 2011, age 93) was about 14 years old, he already considered himself a Buddhist. He took refuge through Venerable Hong Choon of Kong...
Is She Ready To Reach Pure Land?
Question: Someone I know recently spends a lot of time chanting. She says she is tired of this life, that she wishes to go to Pure Land, that she is really going soon. She would...
Mindfulness Of Buddha Is Supreme Meditation
若人但念阿弥陀， 是名无上深妙禅。 –《大集经》 If [a] person [is] only mindful [of] Āmítuófó, [this] is named [as the] unsurpassable, profound [and] wonderful meditation. – Mahasamnipata (Great...
How Buddha Mindfulness Completes The Six Perfections (2) 念佛如何圆修六度 (2)
念佛修六度Mindfulness Of Buddha’s Cultivation Of The Six Perfections 真能念佛，放下身心世界，即大布施。 [1] [With] true ability to be mindful of the Buddha, letting go of body, mind and the...
How Buddha Mindfulness Completes The Six Perfections (1) 念佛如何圆修六度 (1)
念佛如何圆修六度 (1)How Buddha Mindfulness Completely Cultivates The Six Perfections (1) 得波罗蜜者，诸菩萨众，有恒沙劫中，修六度万行，未能满足。 Of those attaining the Pāramitās, all Bodhisattva assemblies, have...
Are You Ready to Depart? (And Let Your Loved Ones Depart?)
Reflection on the Attachment Game: Are You Ready to Depart Imagine you are facing a disaster with five loved ones around you. You have to sacrifice one of them so the rest of you...