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Living Compassion: A look back over six years’ charity work in China

Practising the spirit of compassion and loving kindness Living Compassion is a charitable institution fully funded by the International Buddhist...

A Poem by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Chinese Buddhism typically worships four major bodhisattvas, each representing a particular type of virtue and cultivation. Manjusri Bodhisattva embodies wise...

To Retain Guests in the Mountain

The following seven-character quatrain To Retain Guests in the Mountain was written by Zhang Xu (c 675-c 750), a poet...

Farewell to a Fellow Monk

Jia Dao (779-843), a prominent member of the so-called “belabouring poets” that thrived in the Tang dynasty (618-907), was a...

Why Vegetarianism Matters

A young friend thinks that Buddhism and being vegetarian are things mostly for the elderly. Young people have a long...

The Five Precepts and Five Virtues

The traditional Chinese Five Virtues include benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and sincerity. If everyone follows them in their conduct, they...

The Secret of a Mercury Weighing Scale

People have wondered, “From time to time we see good acts get punished whereas evil acts get rewarded. Isn’t this...

Nurturing the Five Merits

A key to practicing Buddhism is generating a bodhicitta, that is, initiating a solemn vow that inspires oneself and others...

True Happiness

Everyone wants  to find happiness and enjoy it, but all happiness in this world is transitory and short-lived. So, what...

Guan Zizai Bodhisattva

The subject of the first line in Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra is Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Chinese this holy appellation is...
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