Question: If we look at being reborn in Pure Land from the perspective of the 12 links of dependent origination, which should we eliminate? Answer: Please see for a summary of the...
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Introduction to the Seven-Limbed Prayer
The Seven-Limbed Prayer Respectfully I prostrate with body, speech and mind. I present clouds of every type of offerings, actual and imagined. I declare all the negative actions I...
Pure Land Reflections on the Platform Sutra Poems
Pure Land Reflections on the Poems: It is relatively difficult to directly attain the ideal ‘Zen’ state of total non-attachment to any mental or physical phenomena...
The Parable Of Two Rivers And The White Path 二河白道喻
《观经四帖疏》摘录: Excerpt [From] ‘Commentary [On The] Contemplation Sūtra [In] Four Fascicles’: 《二河白道喻》 ‘[The] Parable [Of] Two Rivers [And The] White Path’...
[5] How I Joined the Pure Land Path
I started practising Vajrayana Buddhism in 1982. Not long later, I received initiations and started to practise the sadhanas (prayer texts), spending four to five hours on these...
[4] Yet Another Wake-Up Call
One morning (between the end of April and early May of 2008), I was suddenly awakened from my sleep – when I heard chanting on my left. It sounded like monks chanting “Namo...
[3] A Welcome Breather
Hello, My thoughts on the three day Pure Land retreat: This was my first time participating in a retreat, and it was a welcome breather from my mundane life, which is often...
A Teaching Extremely Difficult to Believe In
The truth is usually harder to believe than the untrue – which is why we are more deluded than wise. – Stonepeace In the Amitabha Sutra, the Buddha said that he, ‘for all in...
The 88 Buddhas & the 39 Buddhas
Question: There are passages in the Amitabha Sutra that speaks of (altogether) 38 Buddhas of the various six directions (with Shakyamuni Buddha in the ‘centre’). I...
How to Inspire Family & Friends’ Interest in the Dharma
Question: How do I get my child (or other family members) to be interested in the Dharma? Answer: You can do so by practising the Dharma well. When you practise the Dharma well...