Wiki: The Pure Land Buddhism Initiative (plbi) Wiki pages were updated with a new section of Master Huijing’s “Essence of the Contemplation Sutra“. (2022-10-09) New Book: A General Guide to the Pure Land School written by Master Jingzong (Translated by the Pure Land School Translation Team) was published […]
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Amitabha Buddha and the Theory of Relativity
By Foru When merits and virtues are perfected, My majestic light shall radiate in the ten directions, Outshining the sun and the moon And surpassing the brilliance of the heavens. Infinite Life Sutra In 1905, Albert Einstein published what we now know as the Theory of Special Relativity. […]
Continue readingKarama of Sickness Eradicated and Peaceful Relationship Among Relatives Established
Recorded by Master Jinglai The following Buddhism Induction episode took placed this year (2021) on one of our Lotus friends at the “Seattle Chapter of Pure Land Buddhism Society”. Her name is Rita Tseng. Around early July, she found cancer with abdominal fluid. Doctor diagnosed as a later […]
Continue readingAn Auspicious Rebirth in America
My husband Huang Xixun was chairman of the Baltimore City Taiwanese Association in the United States. He passed away in a very special, auspicious manner. I can only use the word “unfathomable” to describe what happened during that time. My husband read very few Buddhist books and practiced […]
Continue readingMiracles of Chanting Namo Amituofo: Introduction
This series is based on the publications by the Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Association (in Taiwan), which recorded the firsthand experiences of chanting Namo Amituofo, which had a profound (miracle) effect on the authors. We have selected notable articles, with some links to Western culture and lifestyle, and […]
Continue readingClassification of the Pure Land School: A Comparison Table
Patriarch Classification Verification in Texts Significance Bodhisattva Nagarjuna The difficult and the easy paths There are innumerable modes of entry into the Buddha’s Dharma. Just as there are in the world difficult and easy paths – travelling on foot by land is full of hardship and travelling in […]
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