Dharma Book Review The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China TWENTY-EIGHT MOUNTAIN POEMS In Jetavana Park I found a place to rest No more do I discuss the trails of the road When the sun is three hands high I’m still sound asleep No need […]
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Gosho #13 – The Person and the Law “Shakyamuni Buddha teaches, however, that one who makes offerings to the votary of the Lotus Sutra in the latter age for even a single day will gain benefit a hundred, thousand, ten thousand million times greater than one would by offering […]
Personal Testimonial of A New Convert to Pureland Buddhism By P.H. (Purelanders) Amituofo! This account is based on my experiences and views, and what I was taught with regard to Christianity. There is absolutely no disrespect meant towards the Christian faith. These are the two main issues that changed my […]
Jataka Tales: Grandma’s Blackie Once upon a time, when King Brahmadatta was ruling in Benares, there was an old woman who had a calf. This calf was of a noble dark color. In fact, he was jet black without a spot of white. He was the Bodhisatta – the Enlightenment […]
Deciphering the Lotus Sutra: Commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh (Chapter 2) #1 Whatever eyes you use to look at the Buddha, you will see the Buddha only through those eyes. If you feel angry, and regard others with eyes of anger and small-mindedness, then you will see everyone as […]
10 Inspirational Quotes by Sharon Salzberg For Sharon Salzberg, the Four Noble Truths is not a sacred dogma but a lived experience. Born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1952, her parents divorced when she was just four years old. Her father, whom she adored, abandoned shortly […]
Overcome Kidney Failure through Daimoku by Nicki James, UK When I was born in 1966, the death of my grandmother, who was only 52, and the rapid deterioration of my mum’s health in that year revealed that all of us (and other family members) had inherited a genetic illness which develops […]
13 Basic Practices in Shin Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism is the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. Shin Buddhism, also known as Jodo Shinshu, is the largest Pure Land denomination in Japan. Founded by Buddhist reformist Shinran Shonin (1173- […]
Dhammapada: The Story of Thera Nanda While residing at the Jetavana monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha uttered Verses (13) and (14) of this book, with reference to Thera Nanda, a cousin of the Buddha. Once the Buddha was residing at the Veluvana monastery in Rajagaha when his father King Suddhodana […]
Personal Experience of Buddhist Practice: With Appreciation Comes Happiness My parents left the Philippines for better work opportunities in Israel, and although I was born and raised there, the law denied me citizenship. Because of my Filipino ethnicity, I also dealt with racism daily. One of my more vivid […]
