Our Role in Amitabha’s Teaching of Deliverance to the Pure Land
Alan Kwan
14 January 2025
Alan Kwan explores how Shakyamuni Buddha and Amitabha Buddha have charted profound cosmic plans for sentient beings’ destinies
Establishing Faith in the Pure Land Teaching in the Context of Practice
Alan Kwan
23 December 2024
If we want to be reborn in the Pure Land, we need to do these things to form a connection with Amitabha Buddha
The Bridge Between the Teachings of Shakyamuni and Amitabha
Alan Kwan
26 November 2024
Alan Kwan discusses how Pure Land Buddhism unites the soteriology of Shakyamuni Buddha with the other-power salvation of Amitabha Buddha
Is Pure Land the Teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha or Amitabha Buddha, or Both?
Alan Kwan
24 September 2024
Alan Kwan addresses a core question in the Pure Land tradition: who is transmitting the doctrine of salvation in Amitabha’s Name?
Three Milestones on the Easy Path to Becoming a Buddha
Alan Kwan
19 June 2023
Supercharging one’s progress on the spiritual path by examining Three Milestones on the Easy Path to Becoming a Buddha that we can rely on
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