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Chanting the Buddha’s Name Does Not Guarantee Rebirth in the Pure Land, but It Definitely Eliminates Karmic Obstacles
I will personally manifest before that person, touch their crown to comfort them, and cause them to awaken.
ReadGoing Along with Conditions All Day While Remaining Unchanged
From the perspective of our single-thought mind-nature, though our present mind is a grasping, discriminative consciousness: a single instant of ignorance gives rise to the three subtle marks of existence; when the phenomenal realm, whic...
ReadDual Cultivation of Chan and Pure Land, and the Abandonment of Chan for Pure Land
The second doubt concerns the claim that "there is no need for investigative meditation."
ReadEven if you can't practice Zen, you still need to learn to slow down
In this fast-paced era, we are all accustomed to rushing, and Buddhist practitioners are no exception: we race to hit our quota of Buddha-name recitations, and rush to make progress on our practice tasks. When we see others fluent in sut...
ReadAppreciating a Zen Poem: Do Not Judge Me Through Right and Wrong — The Floating Life Is Unrelated to Such Contrivances
A Verse Revealing the Dharma
ReadWhat Is Zen Buddhism? The Most Comprehensive Overview
The term "Chan" is the condensed expression of the core essence of dhyana (meditative absorption). Its roots trace back to the Sanskrit term dhyana, which translates to Chinese as denoting the state of "cultivation of thought" and "calm ...
ReadThe Zen Kōan of Opening and Closing
Mokuan Hōshi lived in a temple in Tanba. One of his followers came running to complain that his wife was far too stingy. One day, Mokuan went to visit the follower's wife, and held up a clenched fist before her. "What do you mean by this...
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