Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism (Illustrated)

  to follow the truth. Great is the heart that is in accord with the Way.” A monk asked the Buddha, “What is most powerfu ...

  e Buddha said, “My doctrine is to think the thought that is unthinkable, to practise the deed that is non-doing, to sp ...

  smeared on the edge of a knife. e amount is by no means suf- ficient to appease his appetite, but he runs the risk of w ...

  e Buddha said, “ose who are following the Way should behave like a piece of timber which is drifting along a stream. ...

  e Buddha said, “ere was once a man who, being in des- pair over his inability to control his passions, wished to muti ...

  One night a monk was reciting a sutra, bequeathed by Kashyapabuddha. His tone was so mournful, and his voice so faintin ...

  of a Buddha, it is his rare fortune to see the enlightened. Even if he be able to see the enlightened, it is his rare fo ...

  not willing. But when your hearts are in accord with the Way, there is no need of troubling yourselves about your outwar ...

  he arma utra is Sutra has changed the lives of many who have read it for it explains the direct results of causes. I ...

  Learn the Law of Karma expounded as follows: ‘To be able to hold office in the Government is a reward for your building ...

  Furnishing Buddhist temples with hangings and tapes- tries will enable you to have a good marriage in your next rebirth. ...

  Being a hunchback is punishment for jeering at the Buddha’s followers in your previous life. To have committed evil with ...

  To be afflicted with ulcers is the punishment for offering flesh before Buddha’s altar in your past life. To have bad bo ...

  Whoever recites this sutra will be well-respected by people in his next reincarnation. Whoever distributes this sutra fr ...

  he iamond utra ( he ajracchedika-rajna-aramita utra) is is undoubtedly one of the most popular Sutras among the ...

  Tathagata protects and thinks of all Bodhisattvas; how well He instructs all the Bodhisattvas. “O World Honoured One, wh ...

  ‘Why? (Because) if a Bodhisattva’s mind does not abide in forms (laksanas) when practising charity (dana), his merit wil ...

  not have planted good roots in just one, two, three, four, or five Buddha lands. ey will have planted them in countless ...

  ‘Subhuti’ what do you think? If someone filled the Universe with the seven treasures and gave them all as alms, would hi ...

  ‘Subhuti, what do you think? Can an Arhat have this thought (in his mind): I have obtained the enlightenment of an Arhat ...