Phenomenon of Seft-Nature
“Form” is a phenomenon. Phenomena throughout the boundless space of the entire dharma realm are called the “myriad forms and...
Essay
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...