The Title Guanyin Bodhisattva
Some people call it QuanYin. But the character Quan means to observe, using the eyes to take in forms and...
Essay
Establishing the Bodhimanda
In the seventh volume of the Shurangama Sutra, the Buddha taught the method for establishing a Shurangama Dharma Assembly. Ananda...
Manjushri’s Selection of the Perfect Gateway to Penetration
Long ago, Shakyamuni Buddha had already arranged a seat for us in the Shurangama Dharma Assembly. Among the various Dharma-door...
Cessation in the Four Noble Truths
What are the Four Noble Truths? They are suffering, the cause of suffering, cessation, and the path. If one practices...
A Tribute of Gratitude to Most Venerable Master Thích Chánh Lạc
Most Venerable Master, Today I respectfully bow my head and turn my heart toward Most Venerable Master, and I would...
Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels
Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels means taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. What does taking...
The Maha-Prajnaparamita Sutra Collection
Good news, good news !!! The collection of over 700 volumes of the Prajnaparamita Sutras has begun to be translated...
Contemplation of the impurity of the body
Contemplation of the impurity of the body is one of the practices of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. 1. Contemplation...
50 Demonic States of the Five Aggregates
When you practice the Dharma of turning hearing inward to hear your own nature (turning the faculty of hearing inward...
Turning the Hearing Back Inward to Enter the Stream and Illuminate the Nature
To cultivate the practice of turning the hearing inward according to Guanyin, one must first arouse the great Bodhi mind....
The Great Bell at Dieu De Pagoda
“Dong Ba, Gia Hoi, two bridges Pass by Dieu De, four floors, two bells." First of all, we would like...
Phenomenon of Seft-Nature
“Form” is a phenomenon. Phenomena throughout the boundless space of the entire dharma realm are called the “myriad forms and...
Lack of shame
Lack of shame and lack of fear mean not knowing what shame (tàm) and fear of wrongdoing (uý) are. The...
Dharma Treasury Precepts
The Dharma Treasury Precepts are the treasury of precepts of a true practitioner. A Bhikshu receives 250 precepts. A Bhikshuni...
The Pure Land of Eternal Quiescent Light
After the Buddha entered Nirvana, in which realm does the Buddha reside? “Nir” means unborn; “vana” means undying. Entering Nirvana...
Precepts, Concentration, and Wisdom
Precepts, Concentration, and Wisdom are also called the Three Stainless Trainings (Tam Vô Lậu Học). In summary, they are nothing...
East, South, West, North
“Ordinary convention in discussing directions: in the sutras, whenever the ten directions are mentioned, the East is usually named first.”...
Great Perfect Penetration through Mindfulness
The Great Perfect Penetration through Mindfulness of the Buddha is a method of cultivation involving Buddha-recitation in the Pure Land...
The self-nature gives rise to all dharmas
The self-nature gives rise to all dharmas; this is the meaning of wholesome roots, and the self-nature abundantly contains all...
10 Transference of merit
In the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, volume 8, it speaks about the stages of Bodhisattva attainment, which consist of forty-two levels: the...
Dharma Body Vairocana Buddha
The Buddha has three bodies: the Dharma Body, the Reward Body, and the Emanation Body. - The Dharma Body is...
Sūrangama Samādhi
Śūraṅgama Samādhi is regarded as the king of all samādhis. All meditative absorptions of liberation, miraculous powers at will, and...
The Noble Truth of Accumulation
After the Water-Splashing Ceremony period, that is, 21 days after the Buddha Shakyamuni attained enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree and...
Arising is due to consciousness. Ceasing begins with form
In the Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only) teaching there is a saying: “The three realms are mind-only; all phenomena are consciousness-only.” Everything in...
Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
Before the Buddha was reborn in the Sahā world, non-Buddhist teachers often said that all things were born from the...
Reciting the Buddha’s name with a mind free of thoughts
What is a wrong thought? A lustful mind is precisely a wrong thought. Having no “wrong thoughts” means having no...
Chicken came first or Egg came first
The question of whether the chicken came first or the egg came first is a puzzling one that has caused...
The Dharma gate of non-duality
The Dharma gate of non-duality is the Dharma gate of “not two.” In other words, it is where dualities are...
Leisurely, Relaxed and Comfortable
Most people in the world think that love between men and women is true happiness, or having lot of money...
Let Go inorder to See
Seeing is the level of understanding, the state of living reality. If you don't understand and still lust for this...
How the universe was created
Universe is the name that we use to describe the collection of all the things that exist in time and...
Bring Forth The Bodhi Mind
In the Shurangama Sutra, this mind is called the Supreme Mindfulness, the mind of the utmost right and perfect enlightenment...
Buddha walked seven steps
When the Buddha was born, the Buddha took the first seven steps. After he walked the seventh step, he pointed...
Mantra & Sutra
"Ngũ thập tri thiên mệnh." is the old Vietnamese phrase meaning that at the age of 50 before you understand...
Actuality
Actuality is not upside down, means the state of the Contemplation of the Ten Dharma Realms. Ordinary people are upside...