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the way of Zen
Reflections on practice, tradition, and the everyday path of Zen.
Venerable Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult Illnesses — Chapter 8: The Medical Perspective of Freudianism
The Medical Perspective of Freudianism
ReadProfessor Lin Chongan: An Interview on His Journey of Learning Buddhism
An Interview with Professor Lin Chongan on His Journey of Learning Buddhism
ReadMaster Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult and Intractable Conditions — Chapter 7: ECT Therapy
ECT Therapy
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: Calming and Insight in the Northern Transmission of the Āgama Sūtras and Commentaries
Most people live in a world of "outward looking"—their gaze fixed always on others. When others please them, they're happy; when things don't go their way, they get angry. Without realizing it, they've become slaves to external condition...
ReadProfessor Lin Chong-an: The Meditation Methods of Mahamudra in the Tibetan White Sect
the Nyingma (Red Sect), Kagyu (White Sect), Sakya (Multicolored Sect), and Gelug (Yellow Sect). The White Sect has two main lineages. One was established by Marpa (1012), a Tibetan who traveled to India to study Mahamudra and other teach...
ReadMaster Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult Diseases — Chapter Five: Proof from Ancient Cultures
The conclusion about "suffering as a cure" still needs to be proven. I'll start with evidence from ancient cultures, then move on to medical science. The cultural evidence is more fun to read—a chance to relax your mind after the drier p...
ReadProfessor Lin Chong-an: Methods of Esoteric Buddhism — An Overview of the Stages of Tantric Practice
An Overview of the Stages of Tantric Practice
ReadMonk Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult Diseases — Chapter 4: The Conclusion of Near-Death Experiences
Suffering as Cure. Near-death experiences are the subjective accounts given, under the shadow of death, by people who suffered severe trauma or illness and unexpectedly recovered, and by people caught in potentially devastating situation...
ReadProf. Lin Chong'an: The Essentials of the Dhammapada
The Essentials of the Dhammapada
ReadTransforming the Attachment to the Five Desires and Six Sense Objects into Attachment to the Name
Good, take a look at this passage. It explains the upholding of the name. Faith, aspiration, and the upholding of the name together embody the threefold wisdom of hearing, contemplation, and cultivation. Hearing this Sutra of Amitabha, t...
ReadSingle-Mindedly Reciting the Name of Myriad Virtues, Aspiring for Rebirth in the Pure Land
How do we put this bodhicitta into practice so it can be fully perfected? The following line holds the answer: “Single-mindedly recite Amitabha’s name of myriad virtues, aspiring for rebirth in the Pure Land.” It teaches us that the only...
ReadHow Friends Should Treat One Another
"Trustworthy friendship." This too concerns the friendship among the Five Cardinal Relationships—how we ought to get along with one another. These may seem like ordinary things to us, yet today many people don't know how to handle the Fi...
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