Question: How does mindfulness of Amitabha Buddha work for those who die in their sleep? Answer: Though one might appear to have passed away during sleep, it does not mean that...
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Paradox: Bodhisattvahood/Buddhahood & Vows/Perfections
The Four Great Vows: Though beings are numberless, I vow to liberate them all. Though afflictions are inexhaustible, I vow to cease them all. Though Dharma teachings are...
Medicine Master Buddha And Amitābha Buddha’s Connection 药师佛与阿弥陀佛的关系
Despite there being as many countless Pure Lands (净土) as there are Buddhas (佛陀), Śākyamuni Buddha (释迦牟尼佛) most famously taught us about Amitābha Buddha’s (Āmítuófó: 阿弥陀佛)...
100 Million of 100 million
末法亿亿人修行， 罕一得道； 唯依念佛， 得度生死。 –《大集經》 In the Dharma Ending Age, when 100 million of 100 million* people practise the Dharma, it is rare that one will realise the way; Only depending...
Dedication of Merits & Pure Land Practice
Question: Is it effective for Buddhists to dedicate Merits to the deceased if they are not Buddhists? Answer: Merits can be shared with anyone (deceased and alive) – for...
Pure Land Practice & the 12 Links of Dependent Origination
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...
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...