Play, Meditation, and Faith: Renewing Our Path of Choices
Reorienting ourselves away from materialism and toward…
Reorienting ourselves away from materialism and toward…
The mechanism of assuring Pure Land…
Weathering the storm when perception meets reality
The dramatic rescue bid that captivated the world
Elizabeth Namgyel’s new book explores faith through radical…
An effective yardstick for measuring faith The spiritual capacities, virtuous roots, and aptitudes of sentient beings vary greatly. No one is identical in his or
Rejecting the contrary teachings of men and bodhisattvas Pure Land Buddhism is classed as a difficult-to-believe teaching because it bears the message of Amitabha’s deliverance.
Deep faith based on Amitabha’s vow (the real), not the delusive mind (the unreal) Out of the seven kinds of determinant faith, we have so
There is a detail I have been pondering this semester. At least, it appears to be a detail, but it is one that challenges the
After his exegesis on the Sincere Mind, Master Shandao set forth to explain the meaning of the Deep Mind. The Deep Mind is the second
The mismatch between the “Name” and “meaning” Master Tanluan explained in the Commentary on the Treatise of Rebirth: “What is meant by the idea that some do
Master Tanluan, an eminent Pure Land patriarch from the 6th century CE, wrote the Commentary on the Treatise of Rebirth. He utilized and integrated many profound concepts