Tag: Sutra
When those not familiar ask me if Buddhists have ‘a holy book’, I smile and say, ‘No, but we do…
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I like the scene of reviving the old book – simply by reading it. Just as books give us a…
From the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Vimalakirti.htm) are lesser known but some very surprising and illuminating teachings: ‘… Then the Licchavi…
Upon entering Dharma Drum Mountain’s resource library is an interesting artwork. It’s called 心经影壁 or ‘Wall of Images of the…
Form is emptiness; (色即是空) Emptiness is form. (空即是色) Form is not different from emptiness;（色不异空） Emptiness is not different from form. …
DHARMA@CINEMA: School Days with a Pig (Strictly by registration only) A movie screening and sharing by Shen Shi’an Based on…
Pic: 4ocima Taking refuge in the Buddha, may I be with the awakened Taking refuge in the Dharma, may I…
< Movie poster for Singapore The award-winning movie ‘School Days with a Pig’ tells of a teacher’s special project for…
In Mahavaipulya-mahasanni-pata Sutra, a verse says: In the Dharma Ending Age [which we’re about 10% into now], when 100 million…
Fai: My casual observation: both ‘practice’ and ‘studies’ seems to work well as means for ego inflation. I have met…
A Dharma friend recounted the first time she stepped into a Chinese Buddhist temple out of interest to learn chanting….
Three Perspectives of a Fatherly Buddha Image From Chapter Three of the Lotus Sutra: I tell you, Shariputra, I am…
Skanda Bodhisattva faces the Buddha in the main shrine, because he guards the Buddha. Skanda Bodhisattva faces the last page…
I was looking through my old phone’s notes… a collection of words, most of which do not form complete sentences,…
The Cross-Manifestations of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas & Gods? (Also featured in www.buddhistchannel.tv) It is common for those unfamiliar with the different…
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