Master Shandao’s Interpretation of Amitabha’s 19th Vow of Deliverance
Alan Kwan
26 January 2023
Exploring Master Shandao’s explanation of why the 18th Vow in Pure Land Buddhism is much more powerful than the 19th Vow
Sincerity in Faith and Earnest Aspiration in the Pure Land Teaching
Alan Kwan
13 October 2022
Exploring the deep concept of faith in the Pure Land tradition and Amitabha Buddha’s mechanism of sincere practice
Master Shandao’s Explanation of Amitabha’s 18th Vow in the Infinite Life Sutra
Alan Kwan
21 June 2022
Exploring Shandao’s fundamental interpretation of the 18th Vow in Pure Land Buddhism
The Deep Meaning of Amitabha’s First Vow
Alan Kwan
26 October 2021
The deliverance of those who have the least capacity to leave world of suffering
What Motivated Bodhisattva Dharmakara to Make the 48 Great Vows?
Alan Kwan
26 July 2021
The story of Amitabha’s final mortal life
Amitabha’s Vow-Power: The Augmentative Cause that Bestows Splendid Merit…
Alan Kwan
23 March 2021
Dispelling hesitation in full commitment to the nianfo
Does Self-Reward Resulting from Another’s Acts Violate the Law of Karma?
Alan Kwan
23 February 2021
Why the Pure Land teaching matches with the law of karma
Joyful Entrusting to Amitabha’s Deliverance
Alan Kwan
24 August 2020
Reliance on the Name determines rebirth
Main Causes and Main Practices in the Pure Land Teaching
Alan Kwan
21 July 2020
The causes that provide the doctrinal basis of the Pure..
The Critical Importance of Following a School’s Lineage
Alan Kwan
24 March 2020
Following a coherent, systematic, and complete…
The Pure Land Lineage from Shakyamuni Buddha to Master Shandao
Alan Kwan
25 February 2020
The meaning of institutional transmission
Pure Land Teaching and the Pure Land School
Alan Kwan
21 January 2020
The relationship between tradition and transmission