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Master Yinhai: Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) and Pure Land (Part 2)
Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) and Pure Land (Part 2)
ReadMind-Only Pure Land Does Not Mean You Shouldn't Seek Rebirth in the Pure Land
What does "mind-only Pure Land" mean? A person who has genuinely realized emptiness still feels an ardent longing to be reborn in the Pure Land. He knows full well that the Saha world is empty, yet he holds a deep aversion to it.
ReadWhen You Abandon the Mind of Seeking Gain, the Supreme Treasury of Jewels Is Opened
Right then, after Mahakashyapa had laid out a parable in prose, he turned to verse to make the same point: "Today, we have heard the Buddha's teaching." What does "today" point to? The Lotus Sutra assembly. Before the Lotus Sutra, the Bu...
ReadAppreciating a Chan Poem — The Mind Already Free of Dust, Why Wash It? The Body Without Illness, Why Seek a Doctor?
Chan Master Zhizhen of Guishan [Tang Dynasty]
ReadSingle-Mindedly Reciting the Name of Myriad Virtues, Aspiring for Rebirth in the Pure Land
How do we put this bodhicitta into practice so it can be fully perfected? The following line holds the answer: “Single-mindedly recite Amitabha’s name of myriad virtues, aspiring for rebirth in the Pure Land.” It teaches us that the only...
ReadKnowing the Suffering Nature of This Five-Aggregate Body-Mind Is the Very Virtue of the Dharma Body
“With each passing thought, impermanence holds sway; deluded feelings grow ever coarser—this is what we call sudden collapse.” Once the wheel of rebirth turns with a single deluded thought, and that momentum carries forward unbroken over...
ReadVenerable Master Gangxiao: Zen Seven Lecture – Reciting the Buddha's Name with the Three Minds
Amitabha. Blessings to all the masters.
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: Essentials of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā from the *Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra*, Śrāvakabhūmi — 5. The Sixteen Superior Practices of Mindfulness of Breathing
◎ The practice of breath meditation encompasses the complete path of śamatha and vipaśyanā.
ReadChant the Buddha's Name with Single-Minded Sincerity, and Your Chan Practice Is Complete
So who is the one who chiefly investigates while reciting the Buddha's name? The inquiry "Who is reciting the Buddha's name?" was first raised by patriarchs such as Tianqi Benrui Chan Master, but why did they propose it? We need to explo...
ReadGathering the Mind and Abiding in the Realm of Emptiness
The Tiantai school divides all dharmas into two realms. One is what is called the "provisional" (假)—provisional names, provisional characteristics, and provisional functions. The affairs of this world, the dharmas produced by causes and ...
ReadAs soon as the eighth consciousness of those who recite the Buddha’s name departs the body, they immediately arrive at the lotus dais
First, let's discuss why we ordinary beings artificially separate what is inherently undivided between the two lands [the defiled Saha world of samsara and the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss]. What's the root cause of this self-created divi...
ReadMaster Zibo on Putting the Mind to Good Use
A sharp blade drawn from its sheath, its radiance dazzling as the sun. It cuts through iron as if it were clay. Whatever wood it meets—catalpa, nanmu, pine, or cypress—each becomes a useful vessel once shaped by its edge. Such is one who...
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