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Absolution Haiku |
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No one can
absolve ourselves
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Pure And Cool Moon 清凉月 |
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菩萨清凉月，常游毕竟空。众生心垢净，菩萨影现中。 — 佛教名言
Bodhisattvas, like the pure and cool moon,constantly travel in ultimate emptiness.When sentient beings’ minds’ defilements are purified,the Bodhisattvas’ reflections will appear within. — Buddhist Saying |
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How Do Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Save And Deliver Hell-Beings? 佛菩萨如何救度地狱众生？ |
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诸恶莫作，众善奉行，自净其意，是诸佛教。— 释迦牟尼佛 《法句经》第183偈 • Of all evil not do,of all good practise, and to self-purify this mind, these are all Buddhas’ teachings. — Śākyamuni Buddha (Dharmapada: Verse 183) • As hell-beings (地狱众生), especially those in Uninterrupted Hells (无间地狱), have constant suffering, how do Bodhisattvas (菩萨) help to free them from suffering? […] |
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[VEGAN CLASSES] @ ReJoyce
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Make Only Vegan Food Offerings For The Deceased 为亡者只供素食 |
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是命终人，未得受生，在七七日内，念念之间，望诸骨肉眷属，与造福力救拔。过是日后，随业受报。— 地藏菩萨 《地藏经》 • These people with lives ended, when yet to attain receiving of births, in seven of seven days within, hope that all their kin and family members, will give and create blessings’ power to save them. […] |
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[6] How A Great Scientist, Philosopher And Psychologist See The Buddha’s Teachings |
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TDE’s Dharma Dialogues: Issue [6] • Question [11]: If the Buddha’s teachings are so wonderful, why are they not the most widespread ones today? • Answer: The Buddha’s teachings were certainly tremendously popular in his time. Although they have yet to become the most popular ones worldwide, Buddhism as a major world religion never lost popularity on the whole, due to its great practicality and profound depths. Great truths are never discovered or won in subjective popularity votes, while fewer yet wiser ones, be they ancients or contemporaries, always appreciate them objectively. […] |
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Does This ‘Incantation’ Bless Or Curse? |
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After watching ‘Incantation’ (咒), a friend asked, ‘Is the “Great Black Buddha Mother” (大黑佛母) Black Tārā?’ Before you take the movie too seriously, the director clarified that the featured ‘deity’, ‘mantra’, ‘mudra’, ‘symbols‘ and ‘rituals’ are all fictitious. Thus, the answer is ‘No.’ […] |
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🙏南无阿弥陀佛🙏Namo Amituofo🙏
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