Tag: Pure Land
Update: Dharmagram #114 Work on updating yourself spiritually, even if it takes a while, but don’t restart many times –…
Dharmagram #13: More wondrous than that described in these classics, is the wind of the Dharma in the jewelled trees…
‘BELIEVERS don’t WISH; they WORK.’ Kind of true; kind of not. In Pure Land Buddhism, the Three Provisions of Faith…
Interesting line from Pacino’s cop character in ‘Heat’. If we are nothing other than our shifting tendencies, may we aspire…
娑婆苦海无处安， 念佛即生极乐岸。 信愿明确往西方， 弥陀名号为妙舫。 In this Saha World’s sea of suffering is nowhere with peace, With mindfulness of Buddha is…
Once, a school teacher looked at my pinyin name while marking attendance and called out for ‘神仙’. In that context,…
This is generally true in Defiled Lands like ours. A Buddha arises once in a long while, one at a…
A wonderful Vesak Eve thank you letter with generous contribution from a class participant. Amituofo! First course above: http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2016/12/destination-pureland-how-to-have-the-best-rebirth-6th-run Second course…
Me: Happy rebirthday? Amituofo :-] Friend: Journeying closer towards dissolution [of this life] :-[ Me: No no no… journey to…
Take the swiftest path to complete illumination – the Pure Land path – to the perfect Dharma school with the…
With a true heart of sincerity mindful of Buddha, you can truly be accomplish as a Buddha. #ssCalligraphy
Thing #1 on bucket list: Guide as many as possible via teaching, translating and writing, to enter the best Dharma…
In Amituofo’s (Amitabha Buddha) Pure Land, its beings are as if Amituofo’s doppelgangers, looking alike, as Amituofo ‘tops up’ their…
出污泥不染, 莲花莲子生。 出浊世不染, 佛子九品生。 Out of the defiled mud and not tainted, lotus flowers from lotus seeds are born. Out…
Over the years, I have come to accept that there are really many strange people (i.e. who are difficult to…
Screenshot from the movie ‘军中乐园’ (Paradise In Service). It’s a scene of a kid being a Peeping Tom, grinning at…
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