Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism (Illustrated)

  At this moment his former attendant, the venerable Upavana, came forward to fan the Buddha but was asked to step aside. An ...

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 en he entered successive stages of deeper and deeper medita- tion from which he passed into parinirvana. us ended the life ...

  J — Conqueror T — One gone to ‘suchness’ S — Well-gone One B — Blessed One A — Capable One A ...

  being of others. Precepts are adhered to very strictly and only vegetarian food will be eaten. On this day too loving-kind ...

  C VI mitabha uddha “amo -i-o wo” us the Sakyamuni Buddha described the Buddha Amitabha to Ananda: “e Light ...

  monk and was named Dharmakara, which means ‘Treasury of Dharma’. Inspired by the teaching of the then Buddha of that time, ...

 ethod of rayer-ecitation While practising ‘nien-fwo’ it is important to adopt a correct sit- ting posture, a concentrated ...

 A B ...

  P’usa and surrounded by the assembly of Divinities. Constant practise will eventually lead one to arrive at a stage of per ...

  in China as the larger part of its populace do not belong to the scholarly class. It should not be looked upon as a lowly ...

  escription of the ure and e full description of the Pure Land can be read from the Sutras related to Amitabha Buddha e ...

  paradise at their hour of death. Buddhist temples dedicated to Amitabha Buddha always have the images of these ree Great ...

 In the fourth century , a monk from Central Asia arrived at Loyang, then the capital of China, and engaged in widespread ev ...

 K S Y P’ ...

 T S C P’ ...

 e meditation on Love which leads one to ponder and yearn for the weal and welfare of all beings, including the happiness an ...

 mitabha uddha’s estive ay e birthday of Amitabha Buddha is celebrated by his devotees on the 17th day of the 11th lunar ...

 P L ...

  great disciples of Amitabha Buddha. Unlike Kuan Shih Yin who is widely worshipped and has countless temples and shrines in ...