Personal Experience of Buddhist Practice: From Tragedy to Good Fortune World Tribune (WT): Thank you for sharing your experience with us. What was life like in Taiwan? Sue Kuan: I worked at a bank while my husband worked at an architectural firm. We had two children and lived in […]
Monthly Archives: April 2020
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Understanding Hua Yen Sect (Part 4/4) The Illustration with the Golden Lion ‘On the Golden Lion’ [金獅子章], a treatise written by Master Fa-tsang [法藏], is a very significant scripture to illustrate the Hua-yen doctrines. First of all, it illustrates the Principle of Dependent Arising. Gold has no inherent nature of its own. […]
Parable of the Poisoned Arrow The theistic traditions, however, were not alone in being discredited by the Buddha. Philosophy and speculation was even harder hit. The Buddha taught that not only was metaphysical speculation and philosophical debate fruitless, it was actually a pernicious waste of time. Those who engaged in […]
Deciphering the Lotus Sutra: Commentary by Nikkyo Niwano (Chapter 2) This chapter, with chapter 16, “Revelation of the [Eternal] Life of the Tathagata,” has long been regarded as the heart of the Lotus Sutra. It will be well to bear in mind the question of why this is so, […]
