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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...
May 8, 20231 min read
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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....
Apr 23, 20231 min read
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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...
Apr 16, 20231 min read
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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...
Apr 3, 20231 min read
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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...
Mar 27, 20232 min read
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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...
Mar 26, 20233 min read
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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...
Mar 19, 20233 min read
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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...
Mar 12, 20233 min read
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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...
Mar 4, 20232 min read
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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...
Feb 27, 20232 min read
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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...
Feb 20, 20231 min read
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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...
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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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...
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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84,000 Paths Leading to the Peak
Buddhism is like an immense mountain
with 84,000 paths leading to the peak.
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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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...
Jan 16, 20231 min read
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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...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
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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,...
Nov 7, 20222 min read
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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,...
Oct 23, 20221 min read
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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...
Sep 20, 20228 min read
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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...
Sep 4, 20225 min read
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