Dharmagram #13: More wondrous than that described in these classics,  is the wind of the Dharma in the jewelled trees of the public gardens in Amituofo’s Pure...

‘BELIEVERS don’t WISH; they WORK.’ Kind of true; kind of not. In Pure Land Buddhism, the Three Provisions of Faith (rational conviction; not blind faith), Aspiration (to reach Pure Land) and Practice (of mindfulness of Amituofo) are crucial. Faith is the...

Interesting line from Pacino’s cop character in ‘Heat’. If we are nothing other than our shifting tendencies, may we aspire for Buddhahood, and align all our other aspirations accordingly. This is what mindfulness of Buddha is in essence too. 念佛是因，成佛是果。Mindfulness of...

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 immediate birth  on the Land Of Ultimate Bliss’ shore. With Faith and Aspiration clear and definite for rebirth in the West, [Mindfulness of]...

Once, a school teacher looked at my pinyin name while marking attendance and called out for ‘神仙’. In that context, is this ‘my’ tea for ‘immortality’? Am opting for actual immeasurable life in Amituofo’s Pure...

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This is generally true in Defiled Lands like ours. A Buddha arises once in a long while, one at a time. Even in every Pure Land, there is only one fully enlightened being, a Buddha, while the rest are Bodhisattvas of various levels in training. This is why, when we see ourselves following the...

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 above:...

Me: Happy rebirthday? Amituofo :-] Friend: Journeying closer towards dissolution [of this life] :-[ Me: No no no… journey to rebirthday in Pure Land! Friend: Haha. That sounds more positive! (It’s not my birthday; but a friend’s. Me never found my birthday worth celebrating....

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