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Master Yonghai: The meaning of keeping precepts
《The 42 Sutra of the Middle Agama Sutra: At dusk, Ananda sat up from meditation and came to the Buddha. He bowed his head and bowed his feet and sat back aside. May I ask the Buddha: "Buddha! Is there any special meaning of keeping precepts?" The Buddha said: "Ananda! Does it mean to keeping precepts or not.
Han peopleTime: 2025-07-07
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The meaning and origin of releasing animals
Release animals is to save lives, and releasing animals is to repay debts;Release animals is to help, and releasing animals is to be compassionate;Release animals is enlightenment, and releasing animals is practice;Release animals is active, and releasing animals is convenient;Release animals is to change fate, and releasing animals is to resolve grievances;Release animals is to eliminate disasters, and release animals is to
Release experienceTime: 2025-07-03
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Master Yanci: Order of worshiping Buddhist temples in temples
Q: Master, please answer the following questions with kindness, thank you!In the temple, there are the Great Hall, the Heavenly King Hall, the Guanyin Hall, the Ksitigarbha Hall, the Galan Hall, and the Ancestral Hall. Is there any sequence?Which temple should we start with?Master Yanci replied: There are many temples
Han peopleTime: 2025-07-02
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Even if you can only save one life, it has great significance
The Buddha said that among all good deeds, the merits and benefits of saving sentient beings are the greatest.When we are in danger of being killed, if someone saves our lives, this must be the most grateful for us, and other help is not as good as life-saving grace
Release libraryTime: 2025-07-01
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Buddha Talks about Buddhist Knowledge Story 13: About How to Worship Buddha
Worshiping Buddha has the meaning of repenting sins, practicing meditation and gratitude. By worshiping Buddha, expressing respect and gratitude to the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, and reviewing oneself and repenting the karma created in the past, not only helps improve one's personality, but also can make people's body and mind calm.so,
Buddha statue cultureTime: 2025-06-29
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【Buddhist knowledge] The significance of consecration of the Bodhi Buddhist beads
Go to Wenchang to watch the satellites coming into the sky, Dai Huiwen Buddhist Beads returned home safely.Hainan Huiwen Government, Huiwen Buddhist Beads Association, and Huiwen Buddhist Beads Trading Market are the only designated Buddhist bead cultural exchange platform.Nowadays, many people sell Buddhist beads, and they all say that their Buddhist beads have been consecrated by the master.
Buddha statue knowledgeTime: 2025-06-29
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Buddhism often says the merit of "rejoice"
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
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Master Nenghong: Why should you live in the mountains _The significance of practicing in the mountains
When your mind calms down, the mountains are pure lands just like outside the mountains, which is indeed the case!Because all the things in the universe show the wisdom of Tathagata.Everyone, every thing, every thing, everything, everything, everything, is empty in the body, is originally liberated, everything
Han peopleTime: 2025-06-22
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Master Kaiyuan: Some people say that it is impossible for every life to survive by releasing animals. What is the meaning of releasing animals?
Fellow practitioner: Some people say that releasing animals cannot survive every life. What is the meaning of releasing animals? Master: Releasing animals is indeed of great merit and very special.During the process of releasing animals, we pray to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for their compassion and blessings.
Han peopleTime: 2025-06-07
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Chongqing Huayan Temple: This journey is worth worshiping Buddha and meditation
Chongqing Huayan Temple: Worshiping Buddha and meditation is worth it. This trip to Chongqing Huayan Temple Hongfa Building (Photo source: Phoenix.com Chinese Buddhist Photography: Zhao Hua) Chongqing Huayan Temple is surrounded by mountains and rivers, majestic, surrounded by lush forests and bamboos, and the scenery is beautiful.Celebrities of all dynasties like the secludedness of Huayan
Golden and good wordsTime: 2025-06-04
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Master Huiguang: Why do you still feel troubled when chanting scriptures and worshiping Buddha every day?
The lay Buddhist asked: Master, why do you still feel troubled when chanting sutras and worshiping Buddha every day?Master Huiguang replied: We have learned a lot of Buddhist principles, can recite long scriptures, recite complex Sanskrit mantras, can meditate on both sides, long-term vegetarian food, etc. We work hard
Han peopleTime: 2025-06-01
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Master Xuanhua: The meaning of this in Buddhist scriptures I heard
There are two main orders: the order of initiation and the order of verification.The preface to initiate the reason for the preaching; the preface to prove that the preface to prove that the preface to prove that the preface to the sutra is the preface to the Buddhist scriptures of Venerable Ananda and preached to the sentient beings in the future. In order to make the sentient beings prove that this sutra is trustworthy, we will first say four words: I heard this.this
Master XuanhuaTime: 2025-05-22
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Master Weijue: The meaning of "Three Passes"
「The meaning of the three levels (one )Practice is to clarify the current thought. After the thought is clarified, it will have infinite wisdom, supernatural powers and wonderful uses, which will be able to make great use of great things, not only to receive infinite benefits, but also to benefit all sentient beings."Three Passes" is a proper noun for Zen Buddhism, and it is also
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-11
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【Buddhist knowledge] Teach you the regular Buddha worship postures in Han temples!
1、Why should you bow your head slightly when worshiping Buddha?Worshiping Buddha is not about pursuing it outside, but about developing one's own mind, so the head of the palace returns to look back.Our Buddha nature contains all light, wisdom and blessings, but is blinded by dark clouds such as greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, doubt, and develops a humble beauty
Monk's Clothing Zen ClothingTime: 2025-05-11
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Master Ruben: The Meaning of Arhat
Arhats are able to fly and change, live for a long time, and move the world. Arhats are the ultimate fruit of Hinayana and the name of the fruit position.Arhat ( Arhan) It is Sanskrit, and translated into three meanings in China: 1. Translation: Killing thieves: the meaning of killing thieves.2. Translation and offering: to receive human and heaven
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-10
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Master Ruben: The meaning of monks begging for begging
Becoming a monk means leaving the tangled and choreographed by the secular people, in order to realize the supreme Bodhi as the sect, and aim to seek Buddhahood and transform sentient beings.For oneself, one should save oneself and benefit oneself, cultivate wisdom and blessings, understand one's mind and nature, realize the worldly and transcendental Dharma, and achieve the Buddha's path.For him
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-10
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For example, Master: I call him a monk, and his Dharma name is specially added to the word "up and lower" and what is its meaning?
For example, Master Ben: Called a monk, his Dharma name is specially added to the word "up and down". What is the meaning? He gave up love and said to his relatives, knew the heart and understood the origin, and understood the law of inaction. This is called the Sammen. (Sanskrit sramana)。In order to save oneself, monks must beg for the Tathagata’s Dharma to nourish the Dharma body and wisdom life, so the Dharma name is
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-10
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Master Ruben: Six meanings of cemetery
What is the meaning of facing the mountain?There are many ways to practice, but there is no other way to return to the original world. Chaoshan is one of the methods of practicing Buddhism. There are six true meanings of Chaoshan. What are six?1. Facing the mountain can cultivate our humble voice and eliminate our arrogance.2. You can lead to the beginning of learning when facing the mountain
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-09
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Master Daji Niang: Repentance is the pretext for entering the Tao (Recite the Buddha and repent "The meaning and purpose of the practice of repentance and repentance" )
Repentance is the pretext of entering the Tao (Recite the Buddha and repent "The meaning and purpose of the practice of repentance and repentance" )(one )The correct meaning of saluting Amitabha (two )In order to seek Buddhist path, you should first repent of all sins (three )There are three kinds of things to repent of sins (Four )The ritual repentance of ordinary people and the ritual repentance of saints
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-02
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Master Daji Niang: When you first enter Buddhism, you should understand the principles of cause and effect from the meaning of the six realms of reincarnation.
First entering Buddhism, we should understand the principles of cause and effect from the meaning of the six realms of reincarnation. 1. We live in the six realms of reincarnation in the six realms of reincarnation, the Sutra of the True Dharma Mindfulness and the Sutra of the Collection of Dharma, and the Sutra of the First Book of the Buddha’s Differentiation of Karma.
Han peopleTime: 2025-05-02
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If you cannot understand the essence of reason, nothing will be meaningless
A long time ago, there was an old woman who was a devout Buddhist. She never left her rosary every day in her life and Amitabha Buddha kept her mouth.She lives by grazing and raises many sheep at home. She keeps twisting the rosary in her hands when she grazing sheep every day, and Amitabha in her mouth
Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2025-04-27
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Master Da'an: Slandering Buddhism and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, destroying Buddha statues, ridicule others to worship Buddha and respect Buddha,
Those who are good at talking about their nature will never abandon cause and effect.Those who believe deeply in cause and effect will eventually understand the mind and nature.——"Quotes from Zen Master Chewu" Buddha told Pu Guang that there will be evil people in the future.Those who do not believe in cause and effect, do not believe in reincarnation, do not believe in the existence of saints, and only pursue the benefits of the present world
Master Da'anTime: 2025-04-19
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Meet Tibet: The "initiation" in Tibetan Buddhism has four meanings!
Meet Tibet: The "initiation" in Tibetan Buddhism has four meanings!In Tibetan Buddhist sects, initiation ceremony is often held, and most Han believers rushed to attend, as if they thought they would get some benefits immediately after they sat there.Unfortunately
Time of enlightenmentTime: 2025-04-13
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Master Wei Chuan: The teachings of the Four Mindfulness Meditations 3. The meaning of worshiping Buddha
3. The meaning of worshiping Buddha 1. Overview of this section was originally the time to worship Buddha, but half of the students were unable to correctly understand the meaning of worshiping Buddha. Therefore, during this first time in my meditation and worshiping Buddha, we will explain the meaning of worshiping Buddha again so that everyone can correctly
Han peopleTime: 2025-04-04
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I have such great merits and blessings when worshiping Buddha
Once upon a time, a monk bowed to the pagoda with the Buddha's hair and nails. Venerable Ananda asked the Buddha's merits of his bow. The Buddha replied: "He will receive the throne of the wheel that is pressed under his body to the amount of dust on the Vajra Earth.
Buddhist knowledgeTime: 2025-03-30
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Master Shengkai: Grandfather teaches Buddha
My grandfather taught me to worship Buddha, my grandfather and grandfather are both the most devout Buddhists.My grandfather led the party and founded the "Shicongshan Lin Yin Temple". The temple is quite large, with solemn carvings and magnificent. Later, I founded the "Baohe National Primary School" here. The author started to study in elementary school.
Han peopleTime: 2025-03-29
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Master Jingbo: Why do you need to be consecrated?The significance of consecration
People have always had stubborn and strong misunderstandings about consecration, thinking that consecration will work. Is that true?The answer is not certain.Then why consecrate?Because it can be used as a belief and as a starting point for learning Buddhism.From the perspective of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, consecrate
Han peopleTime: 2025-03-25
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The meaning of the multi-treasure string
The treasures in my eyes are not just a simple string of beads, but a commemoration and journey of life.When you are determined to gather a bunch of treasures, you will work hard to find each bead, search, lock, obtain, and collect. This can be regarded as a kind of cultivation
Arts and play braceletTime: 2025-03-22
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Worshiping Buddha and many things
When the Zen Master Zhaozhou saw his disciple Wen Yan worshiping Buddha in the Buddha's temple, he hit him with a pillar and asked: What are you doing? Wen Yan replied: I am worshiping Buddha! Zhaozhou scolded: Why are you worshiping Buddha? Wen Yan said: Worshiping Buddha is also a good thing!Zhao Zhou said lightly: It’s better to have nothing to do than good things!
Zen caseTime: 2025-03-18
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Persist in the Buddha's response
Worshiping Buddha can add blessings and good luck to us, so that we can quickly solve anything when we encounter it, and also reduce our disasters and sufferings, making us happier and happier in life, and worshiping Buddha can also help us increase
Learning Buddhism and inductionTime: 2025-03-06
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Master Da'an: Ten merits and benefits of worshiping Buddha
Master Da'an: Ten merits and benefits of worshiping Buddha 1. Get wonderful tone: If you worship Buddha more, your appearance will change to good, and your voice and body will become solemn.2. Letter from the speaker: If you worship Buddha with sincerity and cultivate your virtue, you will naturally gain the trust and conscience of others.
Master Da'anTime: 2025-02-19
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Master Dixian: It is useless to worship Buddha if you are not sincere.
The first great vow: pay homage to all Buddhas.Samantabhadra Bodhisattva respects all Buddhas by himself, which is to do;I hope that the public will pay homage to all Buddhas, which is my wish.Wish and action are two and one, one and two.Those who worship all Buddhas are commonly known as worshiping Buddhas.Samantabhadra Bodhisattva worships the Buddha, and wants everyone to worship the Buddha as he wants
Han peopleTime: 2025-02-14
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this 4People who are born in the race do not need to worship Buddha, but they are closest to Buddha. Are you there?
These four types of people do not need to worship Buddha, but are closest to Buddha. Are you there?There is a Zen saying in Buddhism: Don’t seek far away from the Buddha in Lingshan. Lingshan is only in your heart. Everyone has a Lingshan Tower in their hearts, so they can practice under Lingshan Tower.People often think that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas live in temples, but in fact
Talk about Buddha's Zen and enlightenment of lifeTime: 2025-01-23
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The meaning of incense scar
The meaning of burning incense scars: There is a paragraph in the "Four Pure and Pure Tears": If after I die, a monk has made a determination to practice Samathi, and can burn a lamp, burn a knuckle, and then on the body before the image of the Tathagata. (sound ru, The meaning of burning )A incense stick.I said it was a man, no end
Other Causal StoriesTime: 2025-01-22
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Master Jing: This is the true meaning of education and love!
Regarding the three principles of education and education: 1. The principle of empty bottle 2. The principle of seed 3. The principle of awakening what is a person?People are nothing, like an empty bottle, whatever they hold is what they hold!Bad people teach us to plunder, good people teach us to create, and saints teach us to discover.one
Han peopleTime: 2025-01-21
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Master Weixian replied: What is the understanding of consciousness-only Dharma?What is the significance?
Question: What is the consciousness-only Dharma-like manifestation? What is the significance? Master Weixian replied: The consciousness-only Dharma-like manifestation shows the defilement and pure cause and effect, and this cause and effect are inseparable from the mind.The focus of Buddhism is to point out the cultivation of the mind, to achieve spiritual purification, and to attain liberation.No matter how big or small the exoteric and essays are, they can be repaired
Han peopleTime: 2025-01-05
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Master Weixian replied: Master, what is the point of your name "Zhengrong"?
Master Weixian replied: Being should be like the sea and can accommodate all rivers.A broad mind is the realm of Buddha, and it is the Buddha's heart.Be able to accommodate everything and tolerate everything, have a large mind, and the rewards that are affected by a large mind are also solemn in appearance.Therefore, this character has two contents
Han peopleTime: 2025-01-05
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Methods and significance of matching Tibetan Buddhist beads
There are many ways to play Tibetan Buddhist beads, and it is difficult for us to see two identical Tibetan Buddhist beads.The dazzling array of Tibetan Buddhist beads can easily create a random illusion, but in fact, the Tibetan people's beliefs are very pious, and every Buddhist bead is in every structure.
Buddhist bead cultureTime: 2024-12-30
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Master Daozheng: The Buddha statue stands up and worships the Buddha, which is an evil karma
The Buddha statue stands up and worships the Buddha, but he is a boy from Master Daozheng, who is in evil karma, said: "I just went out to help someone teach and teach some Buddhism. Not long after, when someone came down from the stage, he came to pay tribute to me on the spot.I quickly replied to three greetings but didn't dare to accept it.Someone came here too
Han peopleTime: 2024-12-10
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Master Jiqun: The significance of studying the "Ten Good Deeds Sutra"
Today, the scripture I want to talk about is the "The Buddha's Sutra on the Ten Good Deeds".This is a classic that everyone is unfamiliar with.Some people may ask: There are many Buddhist scriptures, such as the "Samāvatamsaka Vows", "Diamond Sutra", and "Ksitigarbha Sutra".
Han peopleTime: 2024-12-09
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Master Jiqun: Ordering of Monks and Noble Life Chapter 1 The Meaning of Monks Section 1 The Origin of Monks System
The ordained monks and the life of novice monks - Interpretation of "The Fresh Practice of Novice" Chapter 1 The meaning of becoming a monk, and the novice monks are the starting point of their status as a monk.As the saying goes, a good start is half the success.Personally, being a good novice monk who is in accordance with the Dharma will lay the foundation for the future career of the monks.
Han peopleTime: 2024-12-06
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Master Jiqun: Ordering of Monks and Noble Life Chapter 1 The Meaning of Monks Chapter 2 The Promotion of the Benefits of Monks
The ordained monks and the life of novice monks - Interpretation of the meaning of becoming a monk in Chapter 1: The meaning of becoming a monk in Chapter 2: The second part of the part that persuades the interests of becoming a monk. Li Zu quoted the "Huashou Sutra" and "Great Wisdom Treatise" to further explain the persuasion or assist others in becoming a monk.
Han peopleTime: 2024-12-05
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Master Jiqun: Ordering of Monks and Noble Life Chapter 1 The Meaning of Becoming a Monk Chapter 5 The Blessings of Monks
The ordained monks and the life of novice monks - Interpretation of "The Parting of Noodles" Chapter 1 The meaning of becoming a monk to help the group Chapter 5 The blessings of monks are said to have a monk who knows how to keep the precepts and does not want to pursue the Tao after becoming a monk.Take precepts as the best, but the rest will not do anything.Use it as a non-theory, and there is a lot of anger inside.Self-deprecation
Han peopleTime: 2024-12-05
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The meaning of initiation is to know the true face of the mind
For more than 30 years, in the process of my study, thinking and practicing, tantra is placed in the most important position! In this process, I feel that the blessing of each initiation seems to be much more than listening to a lecture.Sometimes, after the top is filled, there are many
The origin of purityTime: 2024-11-18
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Chen Xingqiao: The pronunciation and significance of "南"
The pronunciation and its meaning (Wan, Ten thousand )The word is written in Sanskrit Sr1vatsa(Sally ),It means a gathering of auspiciousness. It is the auspicious appearance of the Buddha and the tenth level Bodhisattva's chest, and is one of the thirty-two appearances of the Buddha.Bodhi Liuzhi translated this word as ten thousand words, and Xuanzang translated it as virtue
Layman charactersTime: 2024-10-25
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Hong Xiuping: The historical connotation and modern significance of Zen's harmonious view—centered with Huineng Zen thought in the "Platform Sutra"
The historical connotation and modern significance of Zen's harmonious view are centered on Huineng Zen thought in the "Platform Sutra" as the center. Hong Xiuping, professor of the Department of Philosophy and library director of Nanjing University, originated in India, but flourished in China, and not only became Chinese culture in the subsequent thousands of years of development.
Layman charactersTime: 2024-10-19
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"Incense scar "The source and significance of
In fact, Buddhism does not promote burning scars. In the Buddhist precepts, there is no regulation on burning scars on the heads of those who are taught.Therefore, except for monks from Han areas, monks from countries around the world and ethnic minorities in China cannot see the scars;Even the Chinese Han people
Zen storyTime: 2024-10-05
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Mr. Huang Nianzu: The true meaning of burning the merit forest!
Mr. Huang Nianzu: The true meaning of burning the merit forest!Huang Nianzu: Practitioners often suffer from the disease of underestimating the enemy. They often think that they can restrain their worries by working hard, and everything is peaceful. This is actually not in line with the actual subjective wish.It should be known that the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance have been over many disasters.
Common peopleTime: 2024-09-25
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Xiao Yongming: On the significance of Xuanzang's translation and biography of "Xuanzang" - Distinguishing the fundamental meaning of "Yuan-Only"
In the field of contemporary Yogacara research, there is a phenomenon that has formed a certain influence, that is, it has a doubt or even negative attitude towards the Yogacara school translated and passed down by Xuanzang.The Dharma-Only Consciousness School translated and even created by Xuanzang can be found in China.
Layman charactersTime: 2024-09-24
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Song Daofa: The profound significance of raising the bodhicitta
For all Buddhist disciples who are determined to be in Mahayana, it is extremely important to develop the Bodhicitta, so the Mahayana sutras have repeatedly emphasized, especially the Great Prajna Sutra, which are the most detailed.First of all, all Bodhisattvas can only develop the Bodhicitta for all wisdom and wisdom, and do not cling to this.
Layman charactersTime: 2024-09-13