Licentiousness reduces one’s luck and fortune During Emperor Tongzhi’s reign during the Qing dynasty (1636-1911), there was a talented scholar...
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Translated by Andrew Yang An unhindered mind The Heart Sutra says, “Bodhisattvas maintain Prajnaparamita, and their heart has no hindrance.”...
Translated by Andrew Yang We are all mortals bound by karmic force, and often develop four types of obsession in...
Translated by Andrew Yang In Chapter Eight of Memoirs of Bygone Shadowy Dust, Master Tan Xu (1875-1969) tells a story...
Translated by Andrew Yang People generally assume the killing of animals and eating their meat to be a matter of...
Translated by Andrew Yang Shi Chong, a rich but unkind person “The hustle bustle is gone like dust sweet-smelling. Water...
Editor's note: The author of this article is a Canadian Caucasian student who is very interested in Chinese culture and...
Eight-fingered Mendicant had special karma with flowers There were quite a few poet monks in the Qing dynasty (1636-1911), but...
Life and death matter, as impermanence will strike soon When the poet Chen Zi’ang (661-702) of the Tang dynasty (618-907),...
During the Song dynasty (960-1279), a lay Buddhist Shi Tianji in Yangzhou of eastern China focused on Pure Land in...
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