Site Revamp

This site is more than a year old now. I am looking at revamping the site and add more information. Always hard when I am doing it alone. When there is a will there is a way. All the best in your Pure Land practice. Watch this space.

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

Copying from Print to the website

I have started copying the translation of the Infinite Life Sutra. I could not find this particular transition on the Internet. This is closely link to the Wu Liang Shou Jing (Infinite Life Sutra) which is another Chinese translation of the Larger Amitabha Sutra – the actual Sutra title is “The Buddha’s Teaching On The [...]

Praise to Amita Buddha

Amitabha’s body is the colour of gold.
The splendor of hallmarks has no peer.
The light of his brow shines ’round a hundred’.
Wide as the seas are his eyes pure and clear.
Shining in his brilliance by transformation.
Are countless bodhisattvas and infinite buddhas.
His forty-eight vows be our liberation,
In nine lotus-stages we reach the furthest shore.
Homeage to the Buddha [...]

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 [...]

Letters from Patriarch Yin Kuang

I recently re-read a Pure Land book called “Pure Land Pure Zen”. Which are letters from Patriach Yin Kuang to his various disciples. Alot of emphasis to cast away the doubt and focus on Buddha Name <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 [...]

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.