Is there any difference between the merits of chanting Buddha's name with counters and chanting Buddha's name with beads?

Master Da'an: "West people commit sins, and in which country do they chant Buddha's name to seek rebirth?「How to understand

Question: The "Platform Sutra" says: "White people commit sins, and what country do they want to be reborn in the world?" How do you understand it? Master Da'an replied: The "Platform Sutra" is a teaching of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, a classic recorded by his disciples.The Sixth Patriarch inherited the family tradition of Master Bodhidharma, without establishing words, with the heart

Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-05

Master Da'an: Examples of chanting Buddha's name to cure diseases and cure diseases

Reciting Buddha's name can also cure diseases.Don’t we have a high medical expenses now? When we get sick every day, we must know that Amitabha is the supreme great doctor! The six-character great name is Agata medicine.What does Agata medicine mean in Sanskrit? It is the treatment of all diseases.Other prescriptions are one prescription to treat one

Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-03

Master Da'an: How to recite the Buddha's name to be considered as deep faith and sincere wish

Question: Under the influence of daily busy work, life and various concerns, what level should those of us who are "poor" in life have to reach the level of faith and wish of chanting Buddha's name to be considered to be a deep faith and sincere wish? Please give me compassion.Master Da'an replied: I am convinced and sincerely wish to achieve

Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-02

Master Da'an: How to cure drowsiness and distraction from reciting Buddha's name

Question: I like to study the scriptures and teachings, but I can’t put down the volumes and enjoy it with relish;When reciting the name of Buddha, it is either drowsy or restless. What is the reason for this phenomenon?How to deal with it?Master Da'an replied: Most cultural people who study Buddhism are happy to study doctrines, and they always want to learn from the scriptures.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-02

Master Shengxu: Redeem your destiny and recite the Buddha

Master Shengxu’s teachings on the seventh Dharma Assembly of Buddha’s chanting in the eighth month of the lunar calendar in Mashan, Guangxi (On the morning of the fifth day of the lunar month ) There are eight major sects in Buddhism that take refuge in the Buddha’s name, and Pure Land Buddhism is one of them.Although Buddhist sects are different, their goals are the same, and they are all the same purpose.

Han peopleTime: 2025-07-01

Question: I bow to the teacher. Every time I release animals, my disciples write their family’s name, but recently I find that my family’s temper is getting hotter and hotter. Is there any connection with releasing animals in his name?what to do?Answer: After releasing, you must dedicate your merits and dedicate them to eliminate their karma.

Release Q&ATime: 2025-07-01

Question: Some people also chant Buddha's name, but they still eat chicken, duck, fish and meat. How should they solve it? Master Da'an replied: First of all, don't set the threshold too high.He has just learned Buddhism, and as long as he is willing to chant Buddha's name, you must praise him.You can't say, "If you recite the Buddha's name, you can't

Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-01

Question: Amitabha! What is the principle that chanting the Buddha's name can eliminate the serious sins of life and death for eighty billion kalpas? Master Da'an replied: It seems that you still have doubts! The sentence in the "Amitabha Sutra" is born from the lower level. This sentence is undoubtedly true.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-07-01

I have not been very lucky since I was a child. Anyway, the things I am looking forward to will basically change temporarily.Before studying Buddhism, my face was also very average, and I missed one point in the college entrance examination and failed to get a key university.After graduating from college, I didn't have a job for half a year

Release cause and effectTime: 2025-07-01

The retribution was very fast. A few days ago, we were sitting together for dinner, chatting and laughing by chance, and talking about the truth.I remember that after the May Fourth Movement, a few more years later, the Northern Expedition was successful. We saw that the Communist Party joined the Kuomintang. Under the agitation of radicals, all

Release libraryTime: 2025-07-01

I shared with you yesterday: chanting Buddha's name and doing good deeds.How do we do good deeds while chanting Buddha’s name?The purity of the three karmas of body, speech and mind is a kind of goodness.How to recite this Buddha's name in the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind depends on your chanting Buddha's name.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-30

Green Tara is the incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva.Tara, Sanskrit name Tara， The full name is the Holy Saving Buddha Mother. In ancient my country, it was called Tara Bodhisattva and Tara Guanyin. There are 21 lords, all of which are the incarnations of Guanyin Bodhisattva.Green Tara is one of the twenty-one Tara, this girl appears

Buddha toolsTime: 2025-06-30

These days, I started worshiping the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" again, one page a day.About 160 worships a day.Experience is best to set the time so as not to squeeze time or delay the work until very late.I worship the scriptures on time at 6 o'clock in the morning.Master Yin Guang roughly said: Too high cushion will affect

Release experienceTime: 2025-06-30

What is the specialty of the method of chanting Buddha’s name?The Buddha knew that sentient beings with middle and lower roots in the Dharma-Ending Age cannot be saved by education alone.Can deaf people understand your education?Can a coma patient understand?Can people with dementia understand?What to use

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-29

Everyone needs peace, which means that peace is our wish and our original wish.No one needs disaster, which means that staying away from disaster is also everyone's wish, but in daily life, 80% of people do everything they do against peace.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-28

The concept of time is a human luck, the concept of environment is a human blessing, and the concept of people and ideas is a human righteousness.If a person has no idea of ​​time, he will be unlucky;Without the concept of environment, there will be no blessing;Without people and ideas, there will be no righteousness.Many people

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-28

Now let’s share: Why do we need to provide disaster relief? This Dharma Assembly is a Dharma Assembly held specifically for the disaster caused by the Xuwen area and Zhenwu Temple.Zhenwu Temple itself is an old temple. There are many temples in Xuwen area, but temples that can fully restore human Buddhism are in Xuwen area.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-27

When reciting Buddha's name, you must first benefit yourself and then benefit others.Self-interest is to benefit individuals, and altruism is to dedicate it to society, country, and world.This year we are positioning to chant Buddha's name for peace, so that everyone can truly benefit from chanting Buddha's name.Buddhism specifically solves the problem of

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-27

Master Xia Lewa once said: The definition of Dharma is silence, which is contrary to harming sentient beings.Therefore, if you harm sentient beings, you will violate the Dharma and violate the precepts of refuge.What does "harm sentient beings" mean?It may not necessarily be killing, but it is like my home

Release libraryTime: 2025-06-27

Release animals and chant Buddha's name are never separated, so it is hard to say that many benefits are obtained by releasing animals or chanting Buddha's name.Release animals is indeed the first helper to chant Buddha's name. It is easy to start and has high blessings.If it is an organized and orderly collective release of animals, participate in right and wrong

Release libraryTime: 2025-06-26

Because such people are disgusted with hearing about the causes and effects of retribution, and the methods of diligent practice, they use this to cover up the traces of laziness and laziness.When the karma is ripe, Mr. Yan should offer the best offerings and respect this person.Therefore, we should stay away from these people, so as not to receive the highest offering from the elder Yan.

Cause and effectTime: 2025-06-25

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, one of the four great Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, has ten great practice vows, among which the fifth great vow is to rejoice in merits.The so-called rejoicing means following the rules, following the rules, and following the power and reality.Joy is joy, celebrate the cause and the result, and be glad to pursue and promote Buddhism.The present one

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-24

Nowadays, people in this world are selfish, and they do things that harm others and do things that harm others and benefit themselves.In fact, harming others will never benefit yourself. If harming others can really benefit yourself, you will be worth it.Think about it, Qin Shihuang in ancient China destroyed the six kingdoms at that time

Cause and effectTime: 2025-06-24

Master Haitao’s teachings: Of course it is feasible.This has the merit of saving life, but its physical life needs to be saved, and its Dharma body and wisdom life need to be saved. It is not only for it to chant the Buddha's name but only release animals. You save its physical life, and you will live long and healthy in the future, and make a good relationship with you for life;

Release Q&ATime: 2025-06-23

Although I have not been studying Buddhism for a short time, I have never studied the fate of a person from the perspective of Buddhism before.My fate was very bumpy when I was young. My mother remarried, and my father was beaten into a counter-revolutionary during the Cultural Revolution and was imprisoned. No one knew about rehabilitation.

Release animals to cure illnessTime: 2025-06-21

The method of chanting Buddha's name is very special, because we sentient beings cannot practice Zen, study Tantrics, and teach, and cannot do it. Sakyamuni Buddha told us more than two thousand years ago that Amitabha Buddha had achieved ten kalpas before, and was in vain.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-20

Master Hongyi said that copying the sutras, the extraordinary merits of copying the sutras, not only praises the Dharma and is close to the Tathagata, but also can absorb blessings and be blessed by the gods, but also eliminate disasters and sins.In the "Sutra of the Daocha Good and Evil Karma", it is mentioned that writing and offering scriptures have the following merits: 1.

Buddha toolsTime: 2025-06-20

Buddhist release of animals was initially to rescue some injured small animals. Today, release of animals was a group of people going to the vegetable market to buy some animals to release animals in the river. I don’t know what taboos are there for releasing animals. At this time, releasing animals is not only without public morality, but also commits evil.The following is a Buddhist

Release GuideTime: 2025-06-19

It's so special! I donated so much to build a temple. I must donate more than her, and the merits are greater than her.On such a grand day today, you must burn incense.There are so many great masters who must sit next to them to receive blessings.This teacher

Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-18

I will not hurt once I recite the Buddha's name. These two days of Guanyin Dharma Assembly. Because many people are not at home, they have to play several roles, so they are very busy and tired.Last night, I was busy in the living room, arranged accommodation, wrote tablets, did Buddhist rituals, and answered questions. It was a lively scene.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-16

All Buddhas and all Buddhas Anuttara Samyaksambodhi are all derived from this sutra., you should know that this sutra is incredible, and the consequences are also inconceivable.------ "Diamond Sutra" 1. The happiness of life is based on blessings.Only with blessings can one achieve everything and think about things

Buddha toolsTime: 2025-06-15

Layman: Master, how do you understand chanting Buddha's name, chanting Dharma, and chanting monks? Master Da'an: This is mentioned in the "Amitabha Sutra". You can hear all kinds of sounds from the Pure Land of the West, the sounds of the eight merit waters, the sounds of birds singing together, and the sounds of the instruments singing without drumming in the void.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-06-15

After understanding the cause and virtue of the name of Amitabha Buddha, we should chant the name without hesitation.A three-year-old child can recite the name of Amitabha, but it is difficult for an eighty-year-old man to hold on to the name of Amitabha forever.Therefore, it is better for those who practice pure karma to understand

Master Da'anTime: 2025-06-15

Question: Reciting scriptures and chanting Buddha’s name cannot be pure, and there are always delusions and distractions. Is it in vain to recite them? Master Da’an: No.It is normal for us to chant the Buddha's name without being pure: ordinary people and sentient beings have delusions and distinctions, so many Buddha's names are in the background of delusions.

Master Da'anTime: 2025-06-13

Layman: Master, is there any difference between the Bodhisattva precepts of the "Brahma Net Sutra" and the Bodhisattva precepts of the "Uphisattva"? Master: The Bodhisattva precepts of the "Brahma Net Sutra" are ten levels of forty-eight light precepts, and are both monks and lay people at home, which is called the "Sudden Precepts".Whether he has received the Three Refuges and Five Precepts, as long as he can

Master Da'anTime: 2025-06-13

Fellow practitioner: Ask a teacher, do those who recite the scriptures must keep the Five Precepts? Some people say that if you do not keep the Five Precepts, the merits of reciting the scriptures will be less or have almost no merits.However, the Five Precepts are difficult for those who have just entered Buddhism. There are many controversies around them. Please give me advice.Teacher: First

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-07

Fellow practitioner: Keep releasing animals, how great is the merit of releasing animals? How does it manifest? Releasing animals, the situation at home has not been good. Is it because you have not had enough blessings? Is the merits not enough? Master: It is a good thing to keep releasing animals, which means that your practice has not been interrupted. This is your sincerity.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-07

Fellow practitioners: People should make more contributions to society so that human society can make progress; if everyone chants Buddha's name and is in temples, can human civilization develop? Master: China has a history of nearly five thousand years. In the process of continuous inheritance and development of human civilization,

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-06

Reciting Buddha's name and Guanyin can all eliminate disasters and difficulties.It is advisable to recite the Buddha's name more and less.When encountering difficulties, it is advisable to concentrate on chanting Guanyin.Because Guanyin has a very compassionate heart, it has a deep relationship with sentient beings in this place.If you cannot see that this statement is said, it means that the Buddha's compassion is not as good as Guanyin.It is important to know that Guanyin is the Buddha's name

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-05

Believers: Master, we dedicate merits to sentient beings. What kind of merits are the greatest?Master: When we dedicate our merits to sentient beings, it is based on our practice.For example, we just recite Amitabha Buddha, we just do our homework.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-05

「The mantra of eliminating disasters and auspiciousness. It is a hidden word in the Tripitaka. The word "Auspiciousness Sutra of eliminating disasters and auspiciousness" comes from the "Auspiciousness Sutra of eliminating disasters and auspiciousness". There is also a sutra of "The Buddha's Sutra of Eliminating Disasters and Auspiciousness Dharani Sutra", which is also the mantra

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-05

Master Pure Land Dharma: What is the difference between fate and cause and effect?Question: This is a question about cause and effect. Does fate have cause and effect?What is the difference from cause and effect?Master Pure Land Dharma replied: This requires clarifying the meaning of these three words.The life of anything

Cause and effectTime: 2025-06-05

These are the key points: how to chant Buddha's name and how to practice. They have the same theoretical basis. They are rational and diligent. These are the key points. When you are chanting Buddha's name, you must have a very good understanding of the principles of Buddhism.

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-03

When a person is bored and entangled, you will be relieved for him, and that is the best gift.For a sentient being who drifts in the sea of ​​suffering of life and death, teaching him to chant Buddha is like giving him a lifebuoy and pulling him onto a Dharma boat. That is the most precious gift.In the Great Prajna Sutra

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-29

Practice and dedication are a very important part. If you don’t grasp it clearly, it will inevitably lead to suffering consequences that go against your wishes.For example, when you recite the Buddha's name, you originally wish to be reborn in the West, but as a result, your merits of reciting the Buddha's name will lead you into the six realms of reincarnation and be reborn as a human being.Delivery

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-29

Zhong Maosen: What is the difference between precepts, concentration, wisdom and faith, aspirations and practices. Answer: Precepts, concentration, wisdom and wisdom are called the "three studies". They are all methods, and the 84,000 methods taught by the Buddha can make you become a Buddha;However, faith, aspiration and practice are mainly discussed in the Pure Land Sect.Faith, it is said in Pure Land Sect

Golden and good wordsTime: 2025-05-29

As we all know, when the Buddha was about to die, the teaching left to us was: after I die, we should respect and cherish the Palothi Mucha (precept), as if we encounter light in the dark, the poor will get treasures.You should know that this is your master, and it is no different if I live in the world.From this Buddha's advice, we can see that

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-28

When the big chime sounds, you are alert to impermanence and will not come for a moment. Where can you come to the Buddhist temple? It is to test your own skills.Can you recite this sentence Amitabha?If you can't read it, there are still many people who can read it for you.If there are 300 people in the Buddhist temple, 299 people will be

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-28

Wang Bailing (1889—1942Year )，He was originally a powerful general, with science first and military strength high. He not only did not believe in Buddhism, but even opposed Buddhism, but he converted to Buddhism in middle age and became a devout Buddhist disciple and a powerful guardian of Dharma.This transformation has gone through

Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2025-05-26

Master Daxing (1899—1952Year )，The secular family surname is Yuan, from Dongtai County, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from Dongtai Normal School at the age of 23. His monk had an indirect relationship with Master Yin Guang.In the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922Year )In autumn, famous news reporter Ge Gongzhenxian

Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2025-05-25