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You Must Cultivate This Inner Ideal and Purpose
If we don’t practice, it’s hard to grasp the full depth of Master Tiantai Zhi’s teaching on not sparing one’s life for the Dharma. But if you’re truly committed to the path of practice, you must build a foundation of pure merit even as y...
ReadDivine Foot Power Has Three Types
This divine foot power is the supernatural ability that enables free, unobstructed travel to any place one desires.
ReadHidden in Every Thought Are These Five Default Settings
Omnipresent Mental Factors
ReadMaster Da'an's Blog Quotations — Responsive Communion
The sacred name of Amitabha Buddha emerges from a mind of utmost sincerity and from ultimate reality itself. Only "truth" can resonate with "truth"; a false mind cannot bring forth a response. As the world often says, "utter sincerity mo...
ReadCollected Sayings of Master Da'an — The Three Grades and Nine Levels of Rebirth
The Contemplation Sutra on Amitayus (Sutra of the Visualization of the Buddha of Infinite Life) discusses the conditions for rebirth in the highest grade as the study and recitation of the great Mahayana scriptures, and the realization o...
ReadHow vast is the range of the Trichiliocosm?
To understand this sutra, one must first grasp the concept of a Buddha-land. When texts refer to hundreds of billions of Buddha-lands, you must first understand what a single Buddha-land is: a trichiliocosm, the realm taught and guided b...
ReadTreat Samsara as a Mundane Everyday Matter, Take Liberation as a Trivial Matter
“The people of this world are shallow and vulgar, all competing over trivial, non-urgent matters,” this saying sums up the ever-intensifying state of the Five Defilements in the Saha World.
ReadDo Not Hate Evil People
There are many people in this world whom we consider to be evil, yet every one of them has a kind side. They only ever show their cruel side to you. What should we do about these people? We must not repay evil with evil, nor answer viole...
ReadMaster Shandao's Two Kinds of Deep Faith
Master Shandao inherited the Pure Land thought of Tanluan and Daochuo, fusing it with the enlightenment he himself had attained through Pure Land practice. He authored the Five Works in Nine Fascicles, elaborating a system of Lotus Schoo...
ReadAfter Returning to Sahā to Liberate Beings, Will Past Karmic Consequences Still Manifest?
Amitabha Buddha. I prostrate to the Master. This disciple wishes to ask: if one returns to Sahā by the power of vows to liberate sentient beings, will they still undergo karmic consequences from their past?
ReadHeart-Pounding Nightmares Are Omens of Past-Life Bad Karma
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ReadManjushri Bodhisattva Is Not Only a Reincarnated Ancient Buddha, but Also the Teacher of Immeasurable Past Buddhas
The virtues of Manjushri Bodhisattva defy all measurement; Long ago he became the supreme Dharma King of the dragon race. Taking pity on sentient beings deluded in their own nature, He specially assists Shakyamuni in sustaining the profo...
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