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A Treasury of Q&A with Teacher Goenka
Abandon false illusions and step toward the truth. May we continue, step by step, toward the true goal.
ReadWhat Is the Medicine King Bodhisattva?
The Medicine King, known in Sanskrit as Bhaiṣajya-rāja (transliterated into Chinese as Bìshìshèluórě), is a bodhisattva who dispenses remedies to relieve beings of suffering in both body and mind. He is one of the twenty-five bodhisattva...
ReadWho Is Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva?
Mahāsthāmaprāpta is the Chinese semantic translation of the Sanskrit Mahās-thāmaprāpta, with the phonetic rendering "Mohe Nabo".
ReadMaster Sheng Xu: A Brief Biography
Master Sheng Xu, whose Dharma name is Mingsheng, is a member of the Zhuang ethnic group from Guangxi, born in 1986. He centers his practice on Pure Land Buddha recitation, and lives out the vow to “embody the Buddha’s great compassion an...
ReadIntroduction to Venerable Yin Liang
Venerable Yin Liang was born in Tianjin in 1974. His dharma name is Tianji, his courtesy name is Yin Liang, and he is also known by the alias Abbot of Lanshan Studio. He serves as the abbot of Tianjin Leshan Miaoju Monastery and Wuyi Mou...
ReadLayman Zhuang Chunjiang: Basic Understanding of Learning Buddhism — Chapter 7: Mahayana Bodhisattva Practice, Section 2: The Great Bodhisattva Practice
Based on when the relevant scriptures and methods emerged, the Mahayana bodhisattva path likely began to take shape three or four centuries after the Buddha's passing. What's more, certain Mahayana ideas and teachings don't appear in the...
ReadMaster Gangxiao: Shared Acceptance in Buddhist Logic
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ReadMaster Gangxiao: On the Branches of Buddhist Logic
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ReadUpasaka Zhuang Chunjiang: *Fundamental Understanding of Buddhist Practice*, Chapter 7: Mahayana Bodhisattva Practice, Section 1: Bodhisattva Practice and the Development of Mahayana Buddhism
Shakyamuni Buddha was a fully liberated being. As the early Buddhist scriptures record, among the three types of liberated beings—the Buddha, the Pratyekabuddha, and the Arhat—only the Buddha is described as having attained anuttarā-samy...
ReadLay Buddhist Zhuang Chunjiang: Basic Understanding of Buddhist Practice, Chapter 5: Buddhism in Everyday Life, Section 2: Counteracting and Taming
As the six sense bases engage with their corresponding objects, we ordinary beings can't even stay in the state of "lucid contact" — letting contact remain just contact, without spiraling into defilement. Even stopping at the stage of "f...
ReadGuanyin Bodhisattva's Fourteen Kinds of Fearlessness
【World-Honored One! Through this hearing-refined, hearing-cultivated vajra samādhi and its unconditioned wondrous power, I share the same grief and longing for joy as all sentient beings across the six realms, ten directions, and three t...
ReadVenerable Master Yicheng: A Brief Biography
Venerable Master Yicheng (1926 – December 21, 2017), lay surname Zhou, given name Yunsheng, was a native of Wangcheng, Hunan. He lived to the age of 91, and following his cremation, more than 600 sacred relics (śarīra) were recovered. Ma...
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