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Professor Lin Chong'an: Key Essentials of Samatha and Vipasyana from the *Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra* (Section on Śrāvakas), Part 3: The Four Objects of Meditation
(3) The Four Objects of Meditation
ReadThe Ten Kinds of Spiritual Freedom Possessed by the Buddhas
Let's look to the Avatamsaka Sūtra, the "Chapter on Inconceivable Dharma," in its thirty-third fascicle. Some of our fellow practitioners are currently reciting the Avatamsaka Sūtra, and in this passage we learn that the Buddhas, the Wor...
ReadVen. Gangxiao: Dharma Lecture — Benefiting from the Buddha-Dharma
Benefiting from the Buddha-Dharma — People often say the Dharma is hard to encounter, yet here we are — we've encountered it. From here on, all we need is faith, receptivity, and practice. What does it mean to have faith and receive it? ...
ReadVenerable Gangxiao: Buddhist Lecture on Hearing, Contemplation, and Practice
Earlier I covered right faith in the Three Jewels and the building of right view. Now let's talk about the four factors of stream-entry. Of course, I'm just passing along what the elders before me have said. The four factors are: keeping...
ReadProfessor Lin Chong-an: The Essentials of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā in the *Śrāvakabhūmi* of the *Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra* 1: The Nine Mental Abidings for Cultivating Śamatha
The Essentials of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā in the Śrāvakabhūmi of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra
ReadMetta: Buddhists, Worldly Unwholesome Advisors, and the Three Refuges
In the Buddha’s teachings, taking refuge in the Three Refuges is a deep, abiding turning of the heart toward the path of liberation and awakening. It’s not blind allegiance to any inner circle or outer group, nor a lifelong vow of devoti...
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: An Inquiry into the Refutation of the "Self Identical with the Aggregates" in the *Entering the Middle Way*
An Inquiry into the Refutation of the "Self Identical with the Aggregates" in the Entering the Middle Way — Lin Chong'an
ReadVenerable Master Gangxiao: Buddhist Lecture — Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels
We already mentioned earlier that in this world of suffering, only our Buddha World-Honored One can compassionately save and liberate all sentient beings. So now that we have the affinity to study Buddhism, what exactly should we do? We’...
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: An Explanation of the "Verse of Three 'Is'" on Dependent Origination
An Explanation of the "Verse of Three 'Is'" on Dependent Origination — Lin Chong'an
ReadVenerable Gangxiao: Buddhist Lecture, What Is the Dharma?
What is the fundamental essence of the Dharma? What is the proper cause for taking up Buddhist practice? All Buddhas of the ten directions give the same answer to this question: the root of the Dharma is truth. As the saying goes, "What ...
ReadProfessor Lin Chongan: Theory and Practice of Meditation — Lecture Six: Observing Non-Self
Dhammānupassanā (contemplation of mental phenomena): After establishing serenity, observing non-self is the path to ending suffering.
ReadGe Ming: Buddhists, Unwholesome Teachers in the World, and the Three Refuges
In the Buddha’s teachings, the Three Refuges are the deep, abiding orientation of a practitioner’s heart toward the path of liberation and awakening. It’s not blind attachment to internal or external groups, nor a lifelong pledge of alle...
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