Essentials of Pure Land Buddhism – Part 4

The Buddha Recitation Teachings
of the Maha-Bodhisattvas
The Maha-Bodhisattvas have left much advice and many teachings regarding how to practice Buddha Recitation, but in this context, I (Buddha Recitation Venerable Dharma Master Thich Hai-Quang) will recount only the few following teachings:
1.  The Buddha Recitation teachings of Mahasthamaprapta Maha-Bodhisattva:
(This Maha-Bodhisattva in one of the “Three [...]

Essentials of Pure Land Buddhism – Part 3

the “Ultimate Bodhi Mind” is the mind that vows to attain the Ultimate Enlightenment of Buddhahood in order to: Help and rescue all sentient beings.

Essentials of Pure Land Buddhism – Part 2

As the Eleventh Patriarch of Chinese Pureland Buddhism, Great Master Sua-Sen taught:
In Pureland Buddhism, having Faith consists of six components: self, others, cause, effect, theory, and practice.

Essential of Pure Land Buddhism – Part 1

To pass on the Buddha’s proper view and proper Dharma with the intention of guiding the nine realms of sentient beings to follow the path of peace and tranquillity, to end all suffering, and to attain the ultimate enlightenment. Specifically, to the Dharma Door of Pureland Buddhism, there are three essential components

Patriarch Yin Kuang – Letter 1

Turn Afflictions into Bodhi
Since we last met, six years have gone by in a flash. During that time, not only have the snow and dew undergone change, the destiny of our nation has been profoundly transformed as well. The evanescence of life is truly something we all deeply mourn!
I am pleased to learn from your [...]

Introduction to Pure Land Practice

The three essentials of Faith, Vow, and Practice must follow and accord with one another much like a shadow is to a body or a leg to a three-legged table as all three are equally important.

Amituofo and Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism is centred around the Buddha Amitabha (“Infinite-Light”), also known as the Buddha Amitayus (“Infinite-Life”), whose double name is shortened to “Amituo” in Chinese, “Amida” in Japanese and “Adida” in Korean and Vietnamese. Pure Land Buddhism is among the most influential forms of Mahayana Buddhism is described as the Path of Serene Trust, or faith. The object of Pure Land Buddhism is rebirth into the Land of Bliss.

Introduction to Pure Land Buddhism

Introduction to
Pure Land Buddhism
by Dr. J.C. Cleary
Buddhism has evolved many, many forms during its long history. Codes of conduct, guidelines for communal life, rituals, meditative practices, modes of teaching, images, fables and philosophies have varied greatly over time and place. According to the fundamental Buddhist principle of skill-in-means, this multiformity [...]

Introduction to Amitabha Buddha

In the sacred Buddhist texts of China, the Sutra of Buddha of Infinite Life relates Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha.