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..
Removing Doubt of Amitabha’s Deliverance Through His Name
Alan Kwan
22 October 2019
How can we be reborn in a land of cosmic perfection?
Parable of the Two Rivers and a White Path, Part One
Alan Kwan
22 January 2018
On a crucial Pure Land allegory
Master Shandao’s Exegesis on the Mind of Merit-dedication and Rebirth-aspiration: The Fairness of All Buddhist Teachings
Alan Kwan
22 December 2017
How to respond to those who attack the Pure Land doctrine
Master Shandao’s Exegesis on the Mind of Merit-dedication and Rebirth-aspiration: The Right Mindset to Doubt and Confusion
Alan Kwan
5 December 2017
Why Pure Land Buddhism should not be interpreted…
Capturing the Core Essence of the Shandao Lineage’s Pure Land Teachings
Alan Kwan
13 April 2017
Abandoning the self and taking refuge in the Buddha The explication of the Sincere Mind and the two kinds of determinant deep faith (as mentioned
Master Shandao’s Exegesis of the Sincere Mind, Part Three
Alan Kwan
13 January 2017
To seek refuge in Amitabha Buddha is to receive his “real” merits and virtues In our discussion of the Sincere Mind in my last three
The Threefold State of Mind: The Complete Concept of Faith in Pure Land Buddhism
Alan Kwan
25 November 2016
Since February this year, we have been discussing the importance of faith and its role in Pure Land Buddhism. In this instalment I hope to