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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Miracles Quotes

Quote-Worldly Phenomena

One must understand that emptiness is not separate from worldly phenomena. After realizing emptiness, one knows that form is emptiness and emptiness is form. The two are not mutually incompatible. The fundamental truth...

March 3, 2019

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"Carved Stones" by Dr. Yuhua Shouzhi Wang.

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What is Reality? Evil Views #7 & #8

The Buddha’s teaching of the “Middle Way” manifests in many ways in Buddhism. One way is the view that reality is based on all things being material or eternal as seen in “substantialism”...

March 3, 2019

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Can You Claim to Be a Holy One Just to Bring People to Buddhism? Evil View #6

Absolutely not! It is an evil view to think that you can justify falsely claiming to be a certain Buddha or Bodhisattva as a skillful means to bring people to the dharma. Evil View #6: Acknowledging that one may falsely...

March 3, 2019

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Concept of “in the Holy Sense” & the “Mundane”

A recent announcement from the World Buddhism Association Headquarters (WBAH) explains how the terms “in the holy sense” and “mundane (worldly)” are used in their announcements. It is not the...

March 3, 2019

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–SAUMOL, Bodhichitta

One must teach people to cultivate and act out of bodhicitta. That is what people who have understood their mind and seen their original nature should do. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III “The Supreme and Unsurpassable...

February 24, 2019

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"Wintry Branches in the North" painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III

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Can You Slack Off on Your Dharma Practice after You See Your Original Nature? Erroneous View #23

No! Even if you attain certain realization powers and can understand the nature of all phenomena, you must still cultivate yourself and develop your bodhichitta. Avoid heretical thinking and behavior and continue your...

February 24, 2019

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Buddha-dharma LFBCS Quotes

QUOTE–Death

Because there is no fixed date when a person dies, you do not know on which day you will die.
H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation

February 10, 2019

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Should you Put Off Learning Buddhism until You Are No Longer Busy with Worldly Affairs?

Of course not. None of us know when we will leave this world and how much time we have. He need to learn the basic principles of Buddhism that Shakyamuni Buddha taught concerning the nature of reality and what we must...

February 10, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Science

What Science Can Learn From Religion and Vice Versa

David DeSteno Dr. David DeSteno, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, recently noted that “science and religion seem to be getting ever more tribal in their mutual recriminations…” He...

February 10, 2019

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Buddha-dharma Quotes

QUOTE – Demons

The worst demon, the most vicious demon is not the Demon King Mara. Rather, it is the demon of knowledge and views! This demon of knowledge and views can completely destroy a person or a cultivator. It is very difficult...

February 10, 2019

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