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- Thu May 07, 2020 7:16 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: In Praise of Buddha
- Replies: 1
- Views: 907
In Praise of Buddha
For Wesak 2020, a few verses from the end of Mahayanasutralamkara : 43. To you possessed of love for sentient beings, Who wish them to encounter and be free, Who wish them to never be deprived, And who wish for their benefit and happiness, I pay homage. 44. Capable One, definitively released from al...
- Thu May 07, 2020 4:38 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Dharma Gems
- Replies: 209
- Views: 76508
Re: Dharma Gems
Master HuaAmitabha Buddha is contained within the hearts of all living beings and living beings are contained within Amitabha’s heart. This is the phenomenon and the noumenon.
- Thu May 07, 2020 2:43 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Latest 84K Sutra
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10024
Re: Latest 84K Sutra
On Wesak another splendid free sutra, Proper Dharma Conduct:
https://read.84000.co/translation/toh244.html
https://read.84000.co/translation/toh244.html
- Thu May 07, 2020 3:33 am
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Commentaries?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2574
- Wed May 06, 2020 10:22 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Vajra Bodhi Sea
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4700
Re: Vajra Bodhi Sea
Using this Main Index link, one can follow Master Hua's life or any other serialized sutra, shastra or commentary thereon. Long before issue 482, there was an earlier set of biographical articles. How long after #482 the series continues, I do not know. http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/2001-20...
- Wed May 06, 2020 1:25 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Vajra Bodhi Sea
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4700
Re: Vajra Bodhi Sea
Another installment of Master's life as a boy:
http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/ ... 82p019.pdf
http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/ ... 82p019.pdf
- Tue May 05, 2020 8:26 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Vajra Bodhi Sea
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4700
Re: Vajra Bodhi Sea
Master Hua's autobiography is still being serialized every month. Here is one part of it:
http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/ ... 81p016.pdf
http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/ ... 81p016.pdf
- Tue May 05, 2020 2:28 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Stay Safe Forever
- Replies: 1
- Views: 893
Stay Safe Forever
Roger Kimball on the latest virtue signal:
[url]https://www....theepochtimes.com/we-stay-...
[url]https://www....theepochtimes.com/we-stay-...
- Tue May 05, 2020 2:43 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Wisdom Abounds
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7650
Re: Wisdom Abounds
Justice and injustice are an affair of the whole of life: compared with them, questions of health and disease are only about the parts. These last we might even cast aside as questions that do not concern that in us which is of most value; but by nature we hold to the distinction between the just a...
- Mon May 04, 2020 4:53 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Vajra Bodhi Sea
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4700
Re: Vajra Bodhi Sea
Still being published after 50 years! Many fine articles and Dharma teachings. Here is one recent issue:
http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/595/index.htm
http://www.drbachinese.org/vbs/publish/595/index.htm
- Fri May 01, 2020 4:12 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Big Love
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5641
Big Love
This two volume biography of Lama Yeshe (d.1984), the founder of Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition is now available. This link contains other links to video about and another link with excerpts from the book: https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/big-love-life-and-teachings-lama-yesh...
- Thu Apr 30, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Brill's Buddhism Encyclopedia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1718
Re: Brill's Buddhism Encyclopedia
Depends on how much value you put on the academic approach. Only two thematic volumes of the six are out now. Not an "essential tool for anyone" to my mind. Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism is the first comprehensive academic reference work devoted to the plurality of Buddhist traditions a...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:11 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Daśabhūmika Sūtra
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3529
Re: Daśabhūmika Sūtra
The bodhisattva develops the gentle mind, the harmonious mind, the capable mind, the mind imbued with goodness, the serene mind, the genuine mind, the unmixed mind, the unattached mind, the happy mind, and the magnanimous mind. Once he has acquired these ten kinds of minds, he succeeds in entering ...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 5:08 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Hilma af Klint (d. 1944)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 684
Hilma af Klint (d. 1944)
A film about an obscure Swedish artist can be seen at:
https://coolidge.org/films/beyond-visib ... a-af-klint
https://coolidge.org/films/beyond-visib ... a-af-klint
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:37 am
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Dharma Gems
- Replies: 209
- Views: 76508
Re: Dharma Gems
I should now dwell within the dharmas of the ten good karmic deeds and should also explain all good dharmas for beings' sakes, revealing for them the bases of right practice. And why should I proceed in this manner? It is because, if one were to fail to personally practice goodness himself and yet ...
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Dharma Gems
- Replies: 209
- Views: 76508
Re: Dharma Gems
The Books mention three classes of Bodhisattas namely: 1. Those in whom is a superabundance of Confidence (Saddhādhika). 2. Those in whom is a superabundance of Energy (Viriyadhika). 3. Those in whom is a superabundance of Wisdom (Paññādhika). Those Bodhisattas who are distinguished for wisdom are ...
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Daśabhūmika Sūtra
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3529
Re: Daśabhūmika Sūtra
Vajragarbha Bodhisattva, inspired by many buddhas, outlines the ten stages in the Ten Grounds Sutra . At the end of each stage He summarizes in verse. Here is a short excerpt from his summary of the first ground, the Ground of Joyfulness. The entire summary goes on for several pages more in English....
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:05 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Wisdom Abounds
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7650
Re: Wisdom Abounds
A divine nature is not absent from any thing, but is equally present to all things . Hence though you should assume the last of beings, in these also you will find divinity. For The One is every where; and in consequence of its absolute dominion, every thing receives its nature and coherence from t...
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:51 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Wisdom Abounds
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7650
Re: Wisdom Abounds
J. Tillotson (d. 1694)Our chief wisdom consists in knowing our follies and faults, that we may correct them.
- Fri Apr 24, 2020 8:36 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: new biography of Je Rinpoche
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3141
Re: new biography of Je Rinpoche
Here is an old thread on the subject:Malcolm wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:47 pm The very first work in Tsongkhapa's collected works, after his biography, is a text on Dzogchen.
https://www.tbrc.org/#library_work_View ... 0%7CW22109
viewtopic.php?t=3483