compassion
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The Guanyin Compassionate Grove Collection
Master Hongzan
ReadVenerable Da'an's Collected Dharma Talks: End-of-Life Care
When the eighth consciousness departs at the moment of death, the suffering is unbearable. Most people cling to life and fear death, unwilling to leave this world and wishing to live a few more days, yet they have no choice but to go. Th...
ReadIn the Eyes of the Buddha, All Sentient Beings Are Buddhas; There Is No Mark of Sentient Beings to Be Grasped
We ordinary beings are entirely mired in delusion and confusion. Whatever we perceive and understand manifests through the lens of our unenlightened minds. When looking at Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and all sentient beings, we see only ordin...
ReadGuiding Sentient Beings Through Unfavorable Karmic Conditions
In guiding violent and evil beings, beyond considering their own good roots, you must also take into account one crucial factor: the karmic connection between you and them.
ReadOrdaining as a Monk to Repay One's Father's Kindness
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a man surnamed Xie whose father earned his living by fishing. One day while out fishing, he accidentally fell into the water and drowned. After his father's death, Xie pondered: "My father accrued heavy...
ReadMeat-Eaters Sever the Seeds of Great Compassion and Buddha-Nature; All Sentient Beings Will Turn Away from Them on Sight
You teach sentient beings in the world to cultivate samadhi, and then to sever the taking of life. This is called the second definitive, pure, and luminous instruction of the Tathagata, the Buddhas of the past, and the World-Honored One.
ReadPure Land Practitioners Can Also Recite the Great Compassion Mantra
We need to develop a deeper understanding of the merits of the Great Compassion Mantra. Each day we recite the Great Compassion Mantra, which appears in the Sūtra of the Great Compassion Dhāraṇī of the Thousand-Handed, Thousand-Eyed Aval...
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