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A Brief Explanation of the Gatha of Praise to Amitabha Buddha
Author: Venerable Huixing
ReadEmanation of Amitabha
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a Chan Master Fenggan. No one knew where he came from originally. He lived at Guoqing Temple on Mount Tiantai, his hair cropped to his eyebrows, always dressed in a plain cloth robe.
ReadThe Purpose of a Practitioner’s Daily Recitation of the Four Great Vows
When a practitioner recites the Four Great Vows each day, they are in effect taking a fresh vow — but what does this act truly mean? It is a promise to all sentient beings that you will help them, a pledge to every living creature: “I wi...
ReadVenerable Master Da’an’s Collected Teachings: Diligent Pure Land Cultivation
The Dharma is lived as it is taught, and taught as it is lived. A foot of talk is worth less than an inch of practice. It all comes down to how you practice: the Dharma only becomes real when you put it into action.
ReadThe Suffering of the Sahā World Can Move Us to Issue Our Vow of Rebirth
Why do we always say that embarking on the Buddha’s path is so rare and hard to believe in? Look, when someone comes to Baihua Hermitage on Putuo Mountain saying they want to take refuge in the Three Jewels and uphold the Five Precepts, ...
ReadMaster Ouyi Expounds the Nianfo Method
The Buddha-recitation practice has nothing extraordinary about it. All it requires is deep faith and sustained, earnest effort—this is the most essential point.
ReadMake Rebirth in the Pure Land Your Top Priority
To leave this world with a smile on your face is the hallmark of a true Pure Land practitioner: one who is genuinely resolved to transcend birth and death, holds firm faith and earnest vows, and chants the Buddha’s name with sincere, unp...
ReadThe 12th Patriarch of the Pure Land School, Master Che Wu
In the history of Buddhist transmission in Han Chinese regions, the Pure Land School is defined by its distinguishing features of "easy to begin practicing, yielding profound attainments, suited to all three spiritual capacities, and acc...
ReadVenerable Shengyuan, Awakened to the Impermanence of Life, Practiced Austere Cultivation in Seclusion, Cultivated Himself While Teaching Others, and Solely Relied on Buddha Recitation
Venerable Shengyuan. His secular surname was He, and he was from Penglai, Shandong. In his youth, he enrolled in the county school as a student receiving a stipend. Later, while arranging funeral rites for a deceased friend, he suddenly ...
ReadWhen Is the Best Time Window for End-of-Life Assisted Chanting?
Master, please give us guidance: what is the best time window for end-of-life assisted chanting? Some family members see that the patient’s organs are still functioning and are unwilling to cease life-saving treatment, which causes the p...
ReadAmitabha's Name Embodies the Two Core Merits of Infinite Light and Infinite Life
The name of Amitabha Buddha encapsulates two core merits: Infinite Light and Infinite Life. These form the structural foundation of His name.
ReadDo you really need a pure mind to be reborn in the Western Pure Land?
After learning about the supremely efficacious practice of nianfo (the continual recitation of the Buddha’s name to seek rebirth in the Pure Land), I feel the threshold for rebirth in the Western Pure Land is very low, and that one can b...
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