Practice
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True Records of Guanyin Bodhisattva's Miraculous Responses
Linyuan Buddhist Hall
ReadRecord of Guanyin Bodhisattva's Miraculous Responses
Lay devotee Lin Cichao
ReadGuanyin's Dharma Gate
Venerable Wenzhu
ReadLecture Notes on the Upper Grade Supreme Birth Chapter in Master Shandao’s Fourfold Commentary on the Contemplation Sūtra
Master Jingkong
ReadTide-Watching Notes
Author: Mr. Geng Yun
ReadCommentary on the Contemplation Sutra in Four Sections
I begin by urging all gathered here, monastics and laypeople alike: Bring forth the supreme resolve and take refuge in the Three Jewels. Birth and death are so hard to tire of, And the Dharma so hard to rejoice in. Together, let us give ...
ReadA Brief Explanation of the Gatha of Praise to Amitabha Buddha
Author: Venerable Huixing
ReadGiving Brings Immeasurable Merit
The Venerable Maudgalyāyana’s younger brother was a wealthy elder of the city, with gold, silver, treasures, servants, and maidservants too numerous to count. One day, the Venerable visited his home to guide him toward the Dharma: “Young...
ReadBudai Monk
```markdown In Mingzhou Fenghua County lived a Cloth Bag Monk: short and stout, with a belly remarkably large. His speech was quirky, jumping from one offhand comment to the next, and he slept wherever he laid his head.
ReadHow Can High Mountains Hinder the Flight of Wild Clouds?
At 27, the monk Shan Jing left his official post to ordain as a monk. He made his way to Mount Lepu to train under Chan Master Yuan An, who put him in charge of the monastery’s vegetable garden, having him ground his practice in the simp...
ReadBeyond Words
When Master Dongshan arrived at Fang Pond, he saw a monastic official giving a dharma talk to the assembly. The man cited no sutras or scriptural authorities at all; Dongshan heard only him muttering softly to himself: How utterly marvel...
ReadMountain Flowers Bloom Like Brocade, the Stream Deep Blue as Indigo
Someone once asked Zen Master Dalong: "Everything with form is bound to pass away. Does any eternal, unchanging truth exist in this world?"
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