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Gaining Nothing, Only a Soft Heart
When the Japanese Zen master Dōgen returned from studying Chan in China, someone asked him what he had gained through his practice.
ReadProfessor Lin Chong-an: Collected Buddhist Works of Lin Chong-an
Collected Buddhist Works of Lin Chong-an
ReadVenerable Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult Illnesses — Chapter 8: The Medical Perspective of Freudianism
The Medical Perspective of Freudianism
ReadProfessor Lin Chongan: An Interview on His Journey of Learning Buddhism
An Interview with Professor Lin Chongan on His Journey of Learning Buddhism
ReadMaster Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult and Intractable Conditions — Chapter 7: ECT Therapy
ECT Therapy
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: Calming and Insight in the Northern Transmission of the Āgama Sūtras and Commentaries
Most people live in a world of "outward looking"—their gaze fixed always on others. When others please them, they're happy; when things don't go their way, they get angry. Without realizing it, they've become slaves to external condition...
ReadMaster Gangxiao: ECT Therapy for Difficult Diseases — Chapter Five: Proof from Ancient Cultures
The conclusion about "suffering as a cure" still needs to be proven. I'll start with evidence from ancient cultures, then move on to medical science. The cultural evidence is more fun to read—a chance to relax your mind after the drier p...
ReadProf. Lin Chong'an: The Essentials of the Dhammapada
The Essentials of the Dhammapada
ReadTransforming the Attachment to the Five Desires and Six Sense Objects into Attachment to the Name
Good, take a look at this passage. It explains the upholding of the name. Faith, aspiration, and the upholding of the name together embody the threefold wisdom of hearing, contemplation, and cultivation. Hearing this Sutra of Amitabha, t...
ReadHow Friends Should Treat One Another
"Trustworthy friendship." This too concerns the friendship among the Five Cardinal Relationships—how we ought to get along with one another. These may seem like ordinary things to us, yet today many people don't know how to handle the Fi...
ReadReciting the Buddha's Name as the Cause, Rebirth as the Fruit
Belief in the cause means having deep faith that even reciting the Buddha's name with a scattered mind still plants a seed of Buddhahood — so how much more so when one recites single-mindedly, without distraction? How could such a person...
ReadEverything You Do in a Day Is Working Against Your Longevity
These conditions come in two kinds of assistance. Which two? One is the proximate condition—liberation comes quickly, attainment is swift. The other is the distant cause and condition; one attains liberation only after a long time. Speed...
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