Understand that karmic hindrances are originally empty. Those who have not yet understood this must first repay their karmic debts from previous lives. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Part One, H.H...
Thus, it cannot be said that attaining awakening is equal to ending the cycle of birth and death and results in elimination of karmic hindrances. Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra-Part One, H.H...
This Saturday, March 18, 2023, we finished our discussion of βtaβ with a discussion on whether it is possible to attain sudden enlightenment including a discussion of what happened with the sixth patriarch of Chan/Zen...
Understand that karmic hindrances are originally empty. Those who have not yet understood this must first repay their karmic debts from previous lives.β Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra, H.H. Dorje...
Glass of Water. The following paragraph is from a story that I do not believe I have shared before on this blog from Chapter Two of Thus Have I Seen: The Marvelous True Buddha Dharma and Its Power to Transform where I...
A very rare dharma assembly was held in Pasadena, California on September 19, 2018 by a tremendously great holy virtuous one. It is believed that this dharma has not been performed anywhere in the world for over 80...
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas use many forms and methods to expound the dharma and benefit living beings. Sometimes they use the gentle “Bodhi Voice” and sometimes they may use the more wrathful “Vajra...
Buddhist define living beings as those creatures, large and small, human and non-human, who have consciousness. As noted in an earlier article, we do not consider larger living beings or humans to be more important than...