Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism (Illustrated)

  is by not knowing this Law that we have been wandering so long in Samsara: “By Karma the world moves, by Karma men live, ...

  of many a Chinese Buddhist. May it also change your view and quality of life. he ix aramitas is doctrine teaches the ...

  P (K) which requires one to practise forbearance to prevent anger from arising over the deeds done by ignora ...

  He should be efficient, upright, yea, perfectly upright, obedient, gentle and humble. Contented, easily supportable, wi ...

  C XVIII ecoming a uddhist When a person wishes to become a Buddhist, he needs only to go to the Buddha, Dharma a ...

  “N T B A S” which means ‘Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly En ...

  e Refuges are always repeated thrice to ensure that the mind of the person taking them is fully aware of what has been ...

  think that their parents are Buddhists by their acts of offering incense to their family altars which, in fact, is ances ...

  act upon this, if we sincerely follow the path that has been trod- den by the Buddha, then we are really going for Refug ...

  he ays of ractice For those who seek Enlightenment there are three ways of practice that must be understood and foll ...

  and his mind be disturbed by the desires of the senses. ere is a wide difference between the enjoyment of life and the ...

  Right ought means the resolution not to cherish desires, not to be greedy, not to be angry and not to do any harmful de ...

  e Five Faculties of Power are: (1) e faith to believe. (2) e will to make the endeavour, (3) e faculty of reliable m ...

  C XIX Famous Chinese Sutras he utra of orty-wo ections is Sutra was the first official Buddhist literature w ...

  (1) Life is Suffering. (2) Ignorance is the cause of Suffering. (3) e Cessation of Suffering which is the goal of life ...

  exert themselves for the attainment of the stages of progress, are called Arhats. e Arhat is able to fly through space ...

  lodging under a tree, he desires nothing else. For what makes one stupid and irrational is attachments and the passions. ...

  ing great loving-kindness. But I kept silent and did not answer him. e denunciation ceased. en I asked him. ‘If you br ...

  e Buddha said, “It is better to feed a good man than one hundred bad men. It is better to feed one who observes the Fi ...

  (9) It is hard not to abuse one’s authority. (10) It is hard to be even-minded and simple hearted in all one’s dealings ...