Download or read book The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra written by Hsuan Hua and published by Buddhist Text Translation Society. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The so-called ‘’shorter’’ Amitabha Sutra has been and is a foundation of spirituality for millions of Buddhist believers throughout the ages. The Sutra describes the magnificent Buddhist “heaven,” the Pure Land, where conditions are perfect for the practice of the Buddhist path. The sutra also describes the method for being reborn to that land, namely mindfulness of its Buddha, Amitabha. Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua’s accompanying commentary amplifies the text and explains its main concepts by providing many interesting anecdotes involving the Buddha and his disciples. This volume, combining the Sutra with Master Hua’s commentary, succeeds not only in introducing the practice and thought of Pure Land Buddhism, also referred to as Mahayana Buddhism, but effectively presents a lucid introduction to this Buddhism as it is practiced today.
Download or read book Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Buddha Sutra written by YongHua Shakya and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A General Explanation of the Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra written by and published by Dharma Realm Buddhist Association. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Sutra, which was spoken by the Buddha without having been formally requested as Sutras usually were, explains the causes and circumstances for rebirth in the Land of Ultimate Bliss of Amitabha (Limitless Light) Buddha. The commentary includes extensive information on common Buddhist terminology and stories about many of the Buddha's foremost disciples. Of the five great schools of Buddhism - the Ch'an (Zen) School, the Secret School, the Teaching School, the Vinaya School, and the Pure Land School, the Pure Land Dharma door of Buddha-recitation is the most suited for living beings of the Dharma-ending Age. Spoken for us who live in this age that is beset by external disasters and internal obstacles, this teaching is extremely direct and encompasses beings of all dispositions.
Download or read book The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Buddha Sutra written by William B. Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A General Explanation of The Buddha Speaks The Sutra in Forty two Sections written by Hsüan Hua and published by Dharma Realm Buddhist Association. This book was released on 1977 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machine generated contents note: I Leaving Home and Certifying To The Fruition1 -- 2 Cutting Odj Deihte And Ending Cetification10 -- 3 Severing Love and.Renouncing Gtreed12 -- 4 Cltaidying Good and Evi 14 -- 5 TuAnjng Setious Offenesz Into Light Ones 16 -- 6 Being Patient With Evildoern And Not Becoming Angy18 -- 7 Evit RetuArns To The Doer 9 19 -- 8 Du6t and Spit Dedile Oneet6 21 -- 9 Retuwning To The Origin One Obtains The Way22 -- 10 Joyous Giving BrLings 8e4singz 23 -- 11 The Ascending Cycte Od Giving Food 25 -- 12 Mentioning Difficultie6 To Exhoxt One To Cuttivate 28 -- 13 AMking About The Way And Past Lives 35 -- 14 Asking About Goodness And Greatness 37 -- 15 Asking About Strength And Britiance 38 -- 16 Catting Aside Love And Attaining The Way 40 -- 17 When BAightness Arive6 Da,rknes s Fades 42 -- 18 Thought And So Fotth Are Basicatty Empty 43 -- 19 Contemplating Both The True And The False 45 -- 20 ConcLuding That The Setd ls Basicatty Empty46 -- 21 Fame Deztr4oyo One's Source4 -- 22 Weatth And Sex Cause Suf6eAing 48 -- 23 Wives And Chidtren Are A P}ison 49 -- 24 Sexual De 6ire Obzstucts The Way 51 -- 25 The Fire 06 Dezite Butnz Up The Body52 -- 26 Heavenly Demons Tempt The Buddha 53 -- 27 Devoid 06 Attachment One Attains The Way55 -- 28 The Mind *I Wild; Do Not Indulge It 57 -- 29 PTopet Contemptatiqn Combats Sexual Desite 59 -- Sections, cont. -- 30 Stay Distant Fxom The Fite O Desice60 -- 31 When The Mind 14 Ttanquit De-ite z DVipelted 62 -- 32 When The Sefd Is Empty Fea& Di-appeau 64 -- 33 Wisdom And Ctatity DestLoy The Demons65 -- 34 In The Middle, One Obtainu The Way 67 -- 35 PuXiiedd 0O Defitement6 B&ightne46 Remain 70 -- 36 The Cycle To Succe471 -- 37 Minddut 05 Precepts One DVaws Neat The Way 74 -- 38 Extinction Immediatety Foltows Bixth77 -- 39 The Teaching 4I Without DVi ckimination80 -- 40 Pnactice 0 The Way Is In The Mind 81 -- 41 A StAaight Mind Gets Rid 0 DVei&e 83 -- 42 Undeutand That Things Ahe ILtusoAy 85 -- Index89
Download or read book A General Explanation of The Buddha Speaks of Amit bha S tra written by Hsüan Hua and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A General Explanation of The Buddha Speaks of Amit bha S tra written by Hsüan Hua and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pure Mind Compassionate Heart Lessons from the Amitabha Sutra written by Venerable Master Chin Kung and published by Li Ping Nan. This book was released on with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the depths of Pure Land Buddhism with "Going Home to the Pure Land." Now, journey deeper into the profound teachings of the Amitabha Sutra alongside Great Master Ouyi, a revered figure in Buddhist tradition. Discover the hidden meanings behind the descriptions of the Western Pure Land and gain practical insights for your spiritual practice. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or new to Pure Land Buddhism, this book offers a concise yet illuminating guide to unlocking the mysteries of enlightenment.
Download or read book A General Explanation of the Buddha Speaks of the Amitabha Sutra written by Tripitaka Master and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mind seal of the Buddhas written by Zhixu and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the forms of Buddhism currently practiced in Asia, Pure Land has been the most widespread for the past thousand years. At the core of this school is a text of great beauty and poetry, the Amitabha Sutra.
Download or read book A General Explanation of The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra by Tripitaka Master Hua written by Hsuan Hua and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Infinite Life Sutra written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Infinite Life Sutra" by Anonymous (translated by Max Müller). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Finding Our True Home written by Thich Nhat Hanh and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2001-08-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding Our True Home presents a new definitive translation of the Amitabha Sutra along with Thich Nhat Hanh’s first commentary on one of the most practiced forms of Buddhism in the world, the Pure Land school. Introduced in the Buddha’s own lifetime, Pure Land practice puts us in touch with the beauty in our own world and brings us the security, solidity, and freedom we need in order to truly enjoy it. Realizing that Buddha is within us, we see that the Pure Land (paradise) is here and now, rather than in the future. Finding Our True Home will open a new Dharma door to many students of meditation.
Download or read book Thinking of Amitabha Buddha written by Rulu and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahayana Buddhist doctrine teaches that all sentient beings have Buddha nature and will eventually attain Buddhahood. For the spiritual training of those who are resolved to become Buddhas to benefit themselves and others, Sakyamuni Buddha recommends a Pure LandAmitabha Buddhas Land of Ultimate Bliss. To be reborn in that land, one must have faith, resolve, and training. In that splendid environment and in the excellent company of advanced Bodhisattvas, one will attain Buddhahood with Amitabha Buddhas training and support. The Pure Land School, originated in China, is founded on five sutras and one treatise. This book, Rulus second, presents these six texts and four other sutras in English, all translated from texts in the Chinese Buddhist Canon. Five of these ten English translations have never before been published in book form. To help readers, the translators introduction provides an organized presentation of Pure Land teachings; another chapter tells the life stories of the patriarchs of the Pure Land School. Buddhist terms are explained in the glossary. This book will benefit readers at all levels and serve as a basis for scholarly research. For those who aspire to be reborn in the Pure Land, it is the only English guidebook available.
Download or read book Buddhism of Wisdom and Faith written by Thiền Tâm (Thích.) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Heart Sutra written by Gautama Buddha and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heart Sutra is a famous sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. Its title literally means "The Heart of the Perfection of Understanding." The Heart Sutra is often cited as the best-known and most popular Buddhist scripture of all. Various commentators divide this text into different numbers of sections. Briefly, the sutra describes the experience of liberation of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokitesvara, as a result of insight gained while engaged in deep meditation to awaken the faculty of prajna (wisdom). The insight refers to apprehension of the fundamental emptiness of all phenomena, known through and as the five aggregates of human existence (skandhas): form (rupa), feeling (vedana), volitions (samskara), perceptions (samjna), and consciousness (vijnana). The Supplementary Amitabha Sutra The bulk of the Amitabha Sutra, considerably shorter than other Pure Land sutras, consists of a discourse which the Buddha gave at Jeta Grove in Sravastito his disciple Sariputra. The talk concerned the wondrous adornments that await the righteous in the western pure land of Sukhavati, as well as the beings that reside there, including the buddha Amitabha. The text also describes what one must do to be reborn there.
Download or read book The Infinite Life Sutra written by Gautama Buddha and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Infinite Life Sutra is a Mahayana Buddhist sutra, and the primary text of Pure Land Buddhism. It is the longest of the three major texts of Pure Land Buddhism. In the Longer Sukhavativyuha Sutra, the Buddha begins by describing to his attendant Ananda a past life of the Buddha. Amitabha. He states that in a past life, Amitabha was once king who renounced his kingdom, and became a bodhisattva monk named Dharmakara ("Dharma Storehouse").Under the guidance of the buddha Lokesvararaja ("World Sovereign King"), innumerable buddha-lands throughout the ten directions were revealed to him. After meditating for five eons as a bodhisattva, he then made a great series of vows to save all sentient beings, and through his great merit, created the realm of Sukhavati ("Ultimate Bliss").This land of Sukhavati would later come to be known as the Pure Land.The sutra describes in great detail Sukhavati and its inhabitants, and how they are able to attain rebirth there. The text also provides a detailed account of the various levels and beings in the Mahayana Buddhist cosmology.The sutra also contains the forty-eight vows of Amitabha Buddha to save all sentient beings. The eighteenth vow is among the most important as it forms a basic tenet of the Pure Land school. This vow is most commonly known as shi nian bi sheng yuan, because it states that if a sentient being makes even "ten recitations" of the Amitabha Buddha's name they will attain "certain rebirth" into the Pure Land.
