Venerable Moggallana, a disciple of the Buddha, is "the number one in supernatural power". When he attained his arhatship, he...
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Did you know that since ancient times, many practitioners who were illiterate and unable to read scriptures have awakened to...
When I first became a monk, I used to think that for Zen practitioners to drink tea every day to...
In addition to giving lectures in the Zen hall, Zen masters often use "tactful words" to remind students not to...
On Vegetable Roots, a Zen classic containing maxims and aphorisms written by the late Ming philosopher Hong Yingming has this...
It was snowing heavily in Vancouver yesterday. Because of the freezing weather, there were not many visitors coming to our...
The lay follower asked with anger: "We are family living together, aren’t we supposed to help and love each other?...
Last time I answered a lay follower’s question about why family and relatives have to endure resentments. He asked, “I...
Albert Tang On the day of the refuges, the incense in the meditation hall lingered in the air. The ritual...
The Chinese designation Tianlong Babu (天龍八部) in Buddhist texts, literally, Heavenly Dragons in Eight Divisions, refers to a group of...
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