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Master Dayuan: The Diamond Sutra and the Cultivation of Pure Mind

The Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist book that originated from ancient India and was famous in the Eastern world, has been passed down for more than two thousand years. I don’t know how many devout good men and women, elegant and romantic scholars have been admired by many prides like Emperor Liang Ming.

Han peopleTime: 2025-07-08

Master Shengxu: In purity, there are false thoughts and distracting thoughts and accept the merits of Buddha.

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

Through these three convenient wisdoms, the pure Buddha nature is reflected

Through these three convenient wisdoms, we can reflect the pure Buddha nature. Here we summarize the three methods. These three methods are convenient wisdom, but they also require fundamental wisdom. Fundamental wisdom is our clear understanding of Buddha nature!It means that your own principles are clear and you can't see them clearly

Buddhist fablesTime: 2025-06-03

Master Huiguang: I want to go to a pure place to go to retreat and practice, is that okay?

A believer asked the master: Master, the world is very chaotic now. I am afraid it will affect my practice. I want to go to a pure place to go to a retreat and practice. I hope Master will give me some guidance.Master Huiguang replied: I have nothing to guide you, I can only give you an analogy: If you close it

Han peopleTime: 2025-06-01

Master Mingzheng: How to keep the body, speech and mind pure?

How can disciples keep their body, speech and mind pure? Master Mingzheng teaches: In fact, the body, speech and mind are pure, even if you scold people, it is still pure. Why? Isn’t it just a sound? Isn’t the sound the vibration of the air? It’s like this, because

Han peopleTime: 2025-05-20

Master Zhimin: Master Zhimin replied: If there are novice monks who purely observe the ten precepts of novice monks or even lay white clothes who have purely observed the eight precepts, can they take the precepts in front of them?

Question: It is the most appropriate method to give a gift to monks who have been pure in precepts for more than five years, but it is difficult to meet such people. If there is a novice monk who has purely followed the ten precepts of novice monks or even a white robber at home who has purely followed the eight precepts, can you take the precepts in front of them? Can the disciples of precepts be appropriate? Can they be procured? Wisdom

Han peopleTime: 2025-04-19

There is no sound in the pure Buddha’s heart at the moment?No sound?OK, you are ready. Those who should wake up will wake up. Dear fellow practitioners: Hello everyone! (All )：Hello, Master! We will be better!The world will be better! Good!good!good!What the path to liberation is to be given back to everyone,

Han peopleTime: 2025-04-06

The Pure Land Dharma encourages people to endure humiliation and be content with permanence, and to be purified in their body and mind. The Buddha tells us in the Diamond Sutra, "All dharmas can be achieved through patience." You must be patient!The opposite of patience is that it is restless and irritable, and it is difficult to achieve it.The ancients said, "The unsatisfactory things are common

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-03-04

26. What is purity and purity? Now divide it into five paragraphs to explain: A. The sentence of purity and purity seems to be very simple on the surface, but in fact, there are several types of separation: (1)What ordinary people say is purity, I think it is only

Han peopleTime: 2025-02-12

It is important to develop the Bodhicitta. The sincere heart is the body of the Bodhicitta. The sincere heart is the true heart, the self-nature, the Dharma nature, the true nature of all dharmas, and the eternal light of silence.It works and benefits oneself, which is what we call "purity and equal enlightenment" in the title of the sutra

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-04

The Western Paradise is definitely not the ideal country of Sakyamuni Buddha, it is a fact.The ten directions of the world are infinite and boundless. The Buddha can see clearly and clearly, and introduces us to the Western Paradise.Someone may ask: The ten directions of the world are infinite, like Amitabha

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-04

1 Life is short, life is too hard, life is too short, and the older you are, the easier it is to experience it.Especially in today's society, the whole society is abnormal.Abnormality means violating one's own nature, which is from our Buddhist perspective; if we look at worldly laws, violating ethical ethics

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-03

《The Treatise on Rebirth talks about "true wisdom, inaction Dharma body", which is also about this matter.When we talk about abstinence, we are actually abstinence in the "true wisdom, the Dharma body of inaction."The most important thing in this sentence is "inaction". If you have action, the Dharma body will

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-03

1Today, when we study Buddhism, we chant Buddha's name, why do we chant Buddha's name? I chant Buddha's name for a pure mind.When a pure mind appears, a pure mind will give birth to wisdom. Then, when you recite the Buddha's name, the Buddha's name will be powerful and powerful.2 Why are our minds not pure? There are too many distracting thoughts.Distracting thoughts, no matter what

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-02

Meditation is a pure mind. The six senses face the six external realms of dust. "No attachment to appearances outside, no moving mind inside", which is called meditation, which is true practice of meditation.When our six senses come into contact with the six realms of dust, we will be seduced by the external realms and have thoughts and actions. It’s over! The real kung fu,

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-02

How can you maintain your pure mind? I think there is a good way to stop talking, just like what I just said, say less, don’t say, have nothing to say, stop talking.My wife often talks to me at home.When did he stop speaking? He made a mistake, said the wrong thing, and did the wrong thing

Vegetarian HealthTime: 2025-02-02

1 When studying Buddhism, you must be more and more happy the more you learn. The so-called joy of Dharma, breaking ignorance and enlightenment, and getting rid of suffering and gaining happiness! 2 Confusion, troubles, and delusions are getting fewer and fewer every day, and it is not easy to do it; at least every year, it is always necessary to do it.A little better, a month

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-02

The latter sentence is very important. After understanding it, you will not have any misunderstandings. If you don’t have one mind, you will think you have one mind.At least you need to understand what it is like to be single-minded."After seven days, there will be no confusion or karma." This is what it means to truly gain one mind.Seven-day Buddhist Seven,

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-02

What is fate? External fate.If you want to cultivate a pure mind, you must leave external conditions.This external factor is often tempting you and often disturbing you. You must leave these temptations and interferences.Therefore, in ancient times, Buddhist temples were built in the deep mountains. Why

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-01

Excerpted from the Pure Land Method "2014 Pure Land Sutra Notes" Episode 203 June 24, 2015 We practice Pure Land. If we truly enjoy the benefits, we will be able to enjoy the benefits in front of the pure mind and get a small benefit; if we have the same mind, we will be able to enjoy great benefits in front of the equal mind.The pure mind appears before, and the common people and saints live together; the equal mind appears before and the birth direction

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-02-01

We offer to Buddha and offer to Buddha. What is true offering? We must make offerings with our hearts, this is true.We must practice with our heart and practice truly.All birth and death are false, and neither birth nor death is true.Buddha uses water as an analogy. When we look at sea water, river water, and lake water, there is pollution.

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-01-31

In the Pure Land rituals, the chanting of morning and evening and the seven Buddhist rituals often say that one should recite Amitabha Buddha with all your heart.One mind is bodhicitta, bodhicitta is sincere heart. If there is a thought in the sincere heart, it is not true, it is not bodhicitta, and the heart is not sincere.So Zeng Guofan,

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-01-04

The Mahayana teachings tell us that in the sutra, how many thoughts are there in a snap of your fingers? A thought is a picture, how did the universe come from? Where did this picture come from? Thoughts, "only the mind appears, only the consciousness changes." This is the truth.Understanding the truth is

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-01-03

When many people see me, they ask me how I cultivate. I am very simple. Three things are not caring about: no matter whether I care about people, things or money, my mind will be pure.Let go, let go of everything.Buddhism explains it thoroughly and has extraordinary results.When I first learned Buddhism, I followed Zhang Jia

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-01-03

We go out of the six paths of reincarnation, which is simpler than them, easier than them, and thorougher than them.Where did they go after the Six Paths of ReincarnationinsideGo? Go to the Four Holy Dharma Realms of the Shrines and Awakenings Dharma Realms.We have gone to the Pure Land. The four holy realms and Pure Land cannot be compared with the Pure Land, and the difference is too far.us

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-01-03

Anatomy of the psychology of the heretics who are purified by a plan (1938Year )Not long ago, an article by Mr. Pinjia was published in the Fohua News Agency, called "The Purification of the Heretics of the False Stories".The above said that there are two monks in a certain place who are fooled by others and seek the truth through purity and practice, and always

Han peopleTime: 2025-01-02

In this era of pure mind, if you want to achieve success in practicing, you can only recite the Buddha's name and seek rebirth in the Pure Land. Apart from this path, there is indeed no second path that can be achieved.When should I recite the Buddha's name to be truly sure to be reborn? I must recite it to the purity of my mind.A pure mind is a skill

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-01-02

We should reflect carefully on these things and observe whether we have a concentration in our daily life. That is, we should have a sense of concentration. The mind is pure and there are few distracting thoughts.There are two sentences in the ancient Chinese sayings, which are very reasonable, "If you have little knowledge, you will be troubled.

Pure Land DharmaTime: 2025-01-02

Wisdom Light Happy Light Pure Light Wisdom Light is a counterbalance to our ignorant mind, allowing us to accept this light and see through the nature, cause and effect of all dharmas, and various causes and conditions, and clearly distinguish them.The light of joy is to cure the hatred of sentient beings.Anger is due to the difference between people and me, and there is desire

Han peopleTime: 2024-12-28

Once upon a time, there was a devout Buddhist disciple who picked flowers from his garden every day to offer to the Buddha. When the master saw it, he told her very happily that those who often offer to the Buddha with incense flowers will have a solemn appearance in the next life.The Buddhist disciple was also very happy when he heard this, and she said:

Han peopleTime: 2024-11-07

Chapter 20: The Linji Sect’s thought of purity and nothingness is what the nobles say about the late Tang Dynasty, and the Zen master’s righteousness is mysterious. (?-867)Founded the Linji Sect.The Linji Sect faithfully inherited the mind and nature of Zen masters such as Mazu and Xiyun. In the ideological basis of the normal mind is the Tao and the unintentional mind is the Tao.

Layman charactersTime: 2024-10-22

1In Buddhism all over the world, only Chinese Buddhism is vegetarian.China's vegetarian movement was advocated by Emperor Wu of Liang, so you must know this.2 Emperor Wu of Liang reads the Lankavatara Sutra. The Lankavatara Sutra says, "The Bodhisattva is great compassionate and compassionate, and cannot bear to eat all sentient beings' flesh." After he read it,

Towards the Pure LandTime: 2024-09-27

「From real wisdom to seek power wisdom, that is, from fundamental wisdom to achieve different wisdom, it is called increasing knowledge."Like Tantra, I just talked about using lotus as a metaphor."The lotus petals are full of growth."In the lotus flower appearance, "the first time the lotus petals bloom, it can be understood.Eight petals of heart lotus

Towards the Pure LandTime: 2024-09-23

Chapter 5 Seven Stages of Purification (Seven Pure Land )In order to achieve enlightenment, we must go through seven stages of purity: 1. Purity of precepts (Purification of Moral Conduct )The first is to purify the precepts (sila-visuddhi):Refers to the purity of moral behavior.Meditationist

Theravada figureTime: 2024-08-26

The ever-changing appearance of society, you must know that it is false when you see and hear it.Where is this image? The image has passed, and it will never come back.Yesterday, can I find yesterday? In the morning, can I find the morning again? I can’t find it.

Towards the Pure LandTime: 2024-08-24

1 Buddhism is education and has no conflict with religion.Although Buddhism talks about cause and effect, and encourages good deeds, this is not the main goal. The main purpose is to explain the truth of the universe and life to us.If you put this aside, just talk about cause and effect, and encourage good deeds,

Towards the Pure LandTime: 2024-08-12

That is to say, the forty-one Dharmakaya Bodhisattvas mentioned in the Avatamsaka Sutra do not know how many of these forty-one levels are, and none of them do not know.Can you see people with your bad heart and bad behavior? If you don’t want to see them, he knows everything.He saw you make

Towards the Pure LandTime: 2024-08-10

The nature is pure and pure without pure appearance. "If you say that purity is pure, human nature is originally pure", and the true nature is originally pure and untainted."Because of false thoughts, the true nature is covered, but there is no false thought, and the nature is pure." As long as you let go of the delusions, "the nature is pure."Many people who meditate always worry about why

Han peopleTime: 2024-06-26

Wen Zhengming is by nature dislikes hearing other people's faults.If someone wants to tell others' faults, he will cleverly change another topic so that the other party can't continue.He always did this throughout his life.(Comment) Once upon a time, Ma Fubo warned his nephew: "I hope

Cause and effectTime: 2024-06-18

Good fortune is cultivated, and merit is learned.Only when we can truly learn to cultivate the mind of giving and truly give alms can we obtain these blessings.Otherwise, even if we get some temporary benefits, it is a kind of pain, a kind of pressure, and not a real blessing.

Merits of givingTime: 2024-05-30

The purpose of meditation is to open up wisdom, and the so-called enlightenment means to open up wisdom.With wisdom, you will not be as inverted as before. If you sit here and your body is still and your mind is still, you will be able to enter into samadhi; with concentration, you will naturally gain wisdom, and all problems will be solved easily.

Retribution of evil lustTime: 2024-05-29

Regarding the merits of keeping precepts, the "Precautionary Incense Sutra" says: "The Buddha told Ananda that there are many fragrances in the world, but they can only be heard by the wind, but they cannot be heard by the wind.If you keep the Buddha's pure precepts and do all good deeds, you will smell the fragrance of such precepts and smell them all in all directions, and you will praise them, and all the demons will stay away from them."The Buddha talked about the merits of keeping precepts,

Retribution of evil lustTime: 2024-05-29

Meditation is the core of Buddhism, and it is neither any knowledge nor any concept.If there is no correct method, all our imaginations are not Zen. Zen is actually a psychological factor that cultivates you to maintain stable balance.Through understanding of breathing,

Retribution of evil lustTime: 2024-05-29

The ancients said that the body is safe and prosperous.Practice requires a foundation, one is the material foundation and the other is the physical foundation.Let’s talk about the material foundation first. You need to work hard to achieve the Tao, have material guarantees, and at the very least, food and accommodation must be solved.If you solve the problem of food and accommodation, you need to find a good feng shui

Retribution of evil lustTime: 2024-05-28

Once, when Shakyamuni Buddha was sitting in meditation, he saw a couple who were poor for seven lifetimes, named Suda.They are poorer in this life, living in black thatched huts, looking for peels or other rotten food in the garbage every day to maintain their lives.Sudav

Merits of givingTime: 2024-05-28

Namo Amitabha, good Bodhisattvas and good friends: I am a graduate student. Although I have not formally converted to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas (disciples are party members), I deeply believe in cause and effect and take the Buddha as my teacher.My disciple has published several articles about sexual misconduct while studying Buddhism, although his sexual misconduct is more and more lustful.

Retribution of evil lustTime: 2024-05-27

The sixth fourth type of Shurangama Sutra of the Great Buddha's Pinnacle of the Shurangama Sutra. The Pure and Ming Teachings the Tang Dynasty's Swordsman's Secret Translation of the Buddha's Speak of the Secrets: You always hear my Vinaya (pi)Naye (ye)In the middle, the three decisive meanings of practice are preached.The so-called photography (she)The mind is a precept, and the precepts produce concentration, and wisdom is generated through concentration. This is called the three

Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2024-05-26

Purification of Dharma is the best offering to me! Recently, many disciples have prayed that I will go to them to spread the Dharma and preach the Dharma. They miss the master and long to see the master. I know the mood of my disciples. I also miss my disciples and want to go, but I am embarrassed.

Retribution of evil lustTime: 2024-05-26

Good fortune is cultivated, and merit is learned.Only when we can truly learn to cultivate the mind of giving and truly give alms can we obtain these blessings.Otherwise, even if we get some temporary benefits, it is a kind of pain, a kind of pressure, and not a real blessing.

Merits of givingTime: 2024-04-16

After abstaining from sexual misconduct, you have been reincarnated in the Three Jewels for five years. You are limited to listening to the music of Buddha, reciting the Buddha's name a few times, raising the fragrance of the pillars in front of the Buddha, and occasionally meditating. There is no deeper understanding.What made me a huge change was the end of 2005, the Yuantong Master

Retribution of evil lustTime: 2024-04-15