The Four Assurances
The Buddha said a “noble disciple” who is free of greed, anger, and ignorance and who keeps pervading everything and every being in the...
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- Apr 23
- 1 min
The Peaceful Environment We Seek
How? By replacing all those pesky bad habits that we tend to indulge in! Like being easily distracted and desirous of new experiences....
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- Apr 16
- 1 min
Forget About Jealousy
Instead rejoice at other's meritorious deeds. One of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's ten great vows is to rejoice at other's meritorious...
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- Apr 3
- 1 min
Do you have time to chant?
Do you have time to chant? . . . Sorry, not now. Then do you have time to watch a movie? . . . Sure! In the thirty-seven limbs of...
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- Mar 27
- 2 min
Calligraphy & Chinese Class - Our Pureland Village
Alongside our weekly dharma posts, Our Pureland Village is a blog series to provide updates on exciting events and initiatives around our...
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- Mar 26
- 3 min
How to Practice the Proper Form of Bowing Meditation
- This is part of a series introducing the book "In One Lifetime, Pure Land Buddhism" by Venerable Wuling through selected excerpts. Read...
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- Mar 19
- 3 min
How to Practice the Proper Form of Walking Meditation
- This is part of a series introducing the book "In One Lifetime, Pure Land Buddhism" by Venerable Wuling through selected excerpts. Read...
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- Mar 12
- 3 min
How to Practice the Proper Form of Sitting Meditation
- This is part of a series introducing the book "In One Lifetime, Pure Land Buddhism" by Venerable Wuling through selected excerpts. Read...
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- Mar 4
- 2 min
Why do we use incense in Buddhism? Understanding the Symbolism in Our Practice
- This is part of a series introducing the book "In One Lifetime, Pure Land Buddhism" by Venerable Wuling through selected excerpts. Read...
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- Feb 27
- 2 min
The Practice of Chanting Amituofo
- This is part of a series introducing the book "In One Lifetime, Pure Land Buddhism" by Venerable Wuling through selected excerpts. Read...
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- Feb 20
- 1 min
How Can We Help All Beings?
Compassion is aspiring to help all beings. Wisdom is knowing how to help. If, when empathizing with other’s suffering, we feel...
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- Feb 5
- 1 min
When Reacting With Sarcasm
For varied reasons, ranging from wanting to make others laugh to being considered witty, or because of being simply frustrated at a...
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- Jan 31
- 1 min
When Inclined to Take the Easy Way Out
When confronted with an unappealing job, we often resist. Not because we question whether it is appropriate to do, whether we lack the...
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- Jan 22
- 1 min
84,000 Paths Leading to the Peak
Buddhism is like an immense mountain
with 84,000 paths leading to the peak.
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- Jan 16
- 1 min
Eradicating Bad Habits
A person unskilled at weeding will often begin by removing the stems and the leaves, that which lies above the soil. But seemingly...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
The Amitabha Sutra - Vowing to Be Born in the Western Pure Land
Amitabha Sutra Spoken by Buddha Photo credit link In the Amitabha Sutra, Sakyamuni Buddha urged us three times to seek birth in the Pure...
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- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
The Amitabha Sutra - Joyfully Accepting the Sutra
When Buddha finished preaching this scripture, Shariputra and all the monks, gods, humans, asuras and others who had been listening,...
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- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
The Amitabha Sutra - This Evil World of the Five Corruptions
Know then that in the midst of this evil world of the Five Corruptions, I am able to carry out this difficult task, attain Supreme,...
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- Sep 20, 2022
- 8 min
The Amitabha Sutra - A Most Difficult and Rare Task
Just as I am now extolling the inconceivable virtues of all the Buddhas, all those Buddhas are likewise extolling my inconceivable...
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- Sep 4, 2022
- 5 min
The Amitabha Sutra - Supreme, Perfect Enlightenment
All of those who have vowed, or are vowing, or will vow to be born in the land of Amitabha Buddha reach the level where they do not...
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