How to Practise Animal Liberation Wisely (Review of New Documentary by Wisdom Sutra Distributor) According to Acharya Nagarjuna in the Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom, “Among all negative karma, that of killing is the heaviest. Among all positive karma, that for releasing life is...

Among all negative karma, that of killing is the heaviest. Among all positive karma, that for releasing life is the highest. - Acharya Nagarjuna (The Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom) In the recent years, there is much talk among Buddhists about stopping the practice of animal...

Buddhist Prayer For Animal Liberation by antishitstem Music by Choyling Drolma and Steve Tibbetts. – Songs “Chenrezig” & “Padmesambava” Prayer for Liberation for Our Brother & Sister Animals. May all sentient beings in the animal realm subject to unbearable pain in labs...

The gently humourous yet very touching official ‘Paradise’ video from Coldplay, which speaks of animal liberation. Worth a post in itself, without me needing to comment much. (My review of the...

Amulets might offer some protection - but they cannot protect anyone from eventual death. Amulets might offer some blessings - but they cannot give anyone eternal deathlessness (liberation). The true Amulet to don on oneself is Dharma practice, which creates boundless merits, which leads to...

A friend visited a monastery in China, and came across a monk who told her that a couplet at a hall is invaluable. She copied it down and asked me to translate it. Here it is: 见了便做,做了便放下,了了有何不了 When seeing what has to be done, just do it, and thereafter let it...

The Chinese man remarked that during the revolution, they used to eat pork only once a year. This he said, while tucking into braised pork noodles. It sounded like great misfortune. But we wondered how he got so fat. Could it be that he ate too much pork since ‘the liberation’, and ...

Question: Based on the Alagaddupama Sutta, the snake and the raft represent all Dharma teachings as taught by Buddha. The snake parable teaches that if one understands the Dharma wrongly, it’s like catching the snake by the tail, letting it turn around to bite one. In other words, there...

“I have Dharma joy; therefore, I am always happy.” Venerable Sheng Yen (1930 – 2009) May he be swiftly liberated. May he swiftly return to liberate. May we swiftly emulate his example. Amituofo Related Article: Taiwan’s Buddhist Master...