The Song dynasty writer Huang Tingjian was a devout Buddhist who adhered to a vegetarian diet throughout his life. He...
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Since entering monastic life, I have been blessed with more opportunities to care for the sick and to accompany those...
The Buddha’s Wisdom: Focusing on the Great Matter of Life and Death The Buddha did not answer Māluṅkyaputta’s ten indeterminate...
Let the Buddha’s wisdom guide us beyond the limits of conceptual thought—so we may live fully in the present moment...
Looking back at everything we have discussed, it is clear that this extraordinary sutra offers immense benefits. In summary, the...
“From the front, they seem like lofty ridges; from the side, steep peaks. Standing far or near, high or low,...
I once asked Elder Jianru, "The Buddha taught eighty-four thousand Dharma paths. Why did you choose the difficult path of...
Bai Juyi (772-846 CE), the renowned poet of the Tang dynasty, was known by his courtesy name Letian and the...
In the Buddha Mother Great Peacock Wisdom King Sutra, in addition to reciting the sacred names of various Buddhas, Bodhisattvas,...
In Chan (Zen) practice, deeply contemplating certain phrases from koans is known as "investigating the critical phrase." The term koan...
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