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Prof. 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...
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...
ReadReciting the Buddha's Name as the Cause, Rebirth as the Fruit
Belief in the cause means having deep faith that even reciting the Buddha's name with a scattered mind still plants a seed of Buddhahood — so how much more so when one recites single-mindedly, without distraction? How could such a person...
ReadVen. Gang Xiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult Conditions — Chapter 3: Conditions Recognized by Modern Psychiatry
Conditions Recognized by Modern Psychiatry
ReadVenerable Master Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Intractable and Complicated Diseases, Chapter 2: Inspirations from Morita Theory
Inspirations from Morita Theory
ReadVen. Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Intractable Illnesses — Chapter 1: Raising the Question
There is a class of illnesses rooted in psychological causes. When treated with standard physiological medicine, they often respond poorly, becoming what we call intractable conditions. ECT counts as both a device-based therapy and, at t...
ReadJiufeng Mountain: Entertainment Consumerism and AI-ism: A Hidden Prelude to the Decline of Human Civilization
Throughout the long arc of human history, a warning echoes again and again: when a society places entertainment and consumption at the pinnacle of its values, surrendering to the senses’ immediate gratification while abandoning the pursu...
ReadMaster Gangxiao: Zen Seven Talks — How to Do the Seven
(The earlier part of the recording tape had a problem and wasn't captured) ...In this biography, the text is not long to begin with, yet within that short space, apart from the necessary introductory remarks, only this one incident is re...
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: *Essential Points of Samatha and Vipassanā in the Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra, Śrāvakabhūmi* Part 4: Seven Types of Mental Engagement and the Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths
(4) Seven Types of Mental Engagement and the Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths
ReadMaster Xuyun: The Way Is Never Apart from Walking, Standing, Sitting, and Lying
you plant grain, which sprouts into seedlings, then transplant those seedlings to grow rice stalks, harvest the stalks for grain, and cook that grain into a meal. Buddha-nature is like a seed: the fundamental nature of all sentient being...
ReadZen Poetry Appreciation — To Learn the Way, One Must First Learn Poverty
By Chan Master Longya Judun of the Tang Dynasty
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