The humble and realistic prepare for possible appearances of Karmic Creditors any time. – Stonepeace Most of the time, when we hear the term ‘冤亲债主’ or ‘Karmic...
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How Many Vows to Reach Pure Land?
How many vows do we need to reach Pure Land? None, one, a few or many? What is the minimum? Amituofo already made 48 perfect vows to guide us to reach his Pure Land, to help us...
Is Pure Land Only in the Here & Now?
Some think Pure Land is mind-only, only in the here and now, when the purified mind sees this world as Pure Land. But wouldn’t this mean there is no need to ‘go’...
The Power of Mindfulness of Amituofo
Names are powerful because of what they represent. The more powerful the represented is, the more powerful the name is. The more you know what a name represents, the more powerful...
Are the Lotuses in Pure Land Symbolic?
The physical blooming of the lotus in Buddhism is symbolic of the blossoming of spiritual purity despite being born with one’s roots in the muck and mire, or the defilements...
Must Pure Land Practitioners Be Vegetarian?
Generally, it is not a must to be vegetarian to go to Pure Land, as this is not stated explicitly in the key Pure Land sutras. However it can also be interpreted that to...
[2] Pure Land is Home: Story of My Father’s Rebirth
My parents lived in Australia and they did not believe in Buddhadharma. When I first started to study Buddhadharma, I also exhorted my family to study, my mother and younger...
Why I Didn’t Promise Her
A friend once asked me to never forget her, to remember to ‘save’ her, to lead her to Pure Land, should I reach there first. I didn’t promise her because me...
Mind-Only Pure Land & Self-Nature Amitabha = Western Pure Land & Amitabha Buddha?
Question: Are the Mind-only Pure Land and the Self-nature Amitabha the same as or different from the Western Pure Land and Amitabha in the Pure Land? Answer: It is because the...
Must I Refrain from Eating the Kind of Animal I Liberated?
Among all negative karma, that of killing is the heaviest. Among all positive karma, that for releasing life is the highest. – Acharya Nagarjuna (The Treatise on the Great...