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2025
The Power in Worshipping Earthstore Bodhisattva – Rare Sutra about the Bodhisattva with the greatest of vows – Ksitigarbhaoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2025
2024
Tips on How to recite the Buddha’s Name, Amitabha – Analects of Master Kuang Chin / Guang Chinoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2024
The 4 Assurances of Living a Good Life – The Buddha in the Kalama Sutta – The Buddha’s version of Pascal’s Wageroriginal ↗
5 Oct 2024
2023
The Prince’s Secret Royal Sword that No One Else has Ever Seen – The Mahaparinirvana Sutraoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2023
2022
How to Learn the Great Compassion Mantra in Sanskrit – Part 3 Final Part before the Mantra Properoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2022
How to learn the Great Compassion Mantra in Sanskrit – Part 1: Invocation of the the Triple Jewel and Gwan Yin Bodhisattvaoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2022
6 Nov 2022
2021
7 May 2021
Mahaparinirvana Sutra extracts – Your Buddha Nature is NOT a potential – it’s already here, perfectly complete within us – like a poor man who doesn’t realize that he has actual treasure hidden within his houseoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2021
Mahaparinirvana Sutra extracts – Your Buddha Nature is like having a special tree hidden in the Himalayan forests which produces a rare, fragrant elixir that heals illnessesoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2021
Mahaparinirvana Sutra Extracts – Analogy of the Wrestler who thinks he’s lost his precious jewel but it was actually embedded into his forehead during a boutoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2021
Mahaparinirvana Sutra extracts: Why the Buddha Taught not-self first – Analogy of the sick baby who must take medicine firstoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2021
Mahaparinirvana Sutra selected Extracts – Living Beings have their Buddha Nature already intrinsically in them – it IS the life force of all living beingsoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2021
1 Apr 2021
The Buddha Clarifies his non self vs Self Teachings for his Monks Before he Enters Nirvana – The Mahaparinirva Sutraoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2021
26 Mar 2021
9 Mar 2021
2020
9 Aug 2020
23 Jul 2020
New Translation: A Flavour of the Mindfulness of Buddha Samadhi – Essential Understanding & Dharma Practice by Great Master Yin Guangoriginal ↗
3 May 2020
2019
25 Apr 2019
If you listen to your own lies – sooner or later, you won’t be able to discern the truth – Dostoevskyoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2019
How to Meditate – Beginner Meditation Tip – Don’t Suppress Your Thoughts When You’re Meditatingoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2019
2018
10 Nov 2018
25 Aug 2018
19 May 2018
The “nice” person who is angry at others because of something they made up in their own headoriginal ↗
7 May 2018
Shurangama Sutra – How living beings and the world is created from the Enlightened Mind/Nature of Nirvanaoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2018
Monk Recites 2 Pure Land Sutras for a 7 years and gets reborn in the highest Grade of Lotus – Records of Home Coming to the Pure Land – Story 8original ↗
17 Mar 2018
Poor woman living in 1 dirty room gets reborn in the Pure Land – Records of Home Coming to the Pure Land – Story 7original ↗
17 Mar 2018
Butcher who had slaughtered cattle for a living gets reborn in the Pure Land – Records of Home Coming to the Pure Land – Story 6original ↗
17 Mar 2018
15 Mar 2018
9 Mar 2018
Now the Buddha is no longer in the world, who should we take as our Master? The Mahaparinibbana Suttaoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2018
The Buddha’s stance on Abortion – if a baby dies as a result of a monk’s involvement – it’s a Parajika Offense – they are disrobed and expelledoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2018
Attachment can prevent you from going to the Pure Land of Utmost Happiness of Amitabha Buddha – Master Jianyinoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2018
The Meaning and Benefits of reciting the Om Mani Padme Hum Mantra – the Karandavyuha Sutraoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2018
Real life story – True account – Case study of a Success Story of Pure Land Buddhism through reciting the Buddha’s name, Namo Amitofooriginal ↗
22 Feb 2018
The more you recite Amitabha’s name, the greater your Lotus will grow in splendor and glory in the Pure Land! – Records of Home Coming to the Pure Land – Story 2original ↗
18 Feb 2018
21 Jan 2018
2017
4 Things that can Destroy your own wealth – the Buddha in the Dighajanu (Vyagghapajja) Suttaoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2017
The 4 things that lead to happiness in this Life – The Buddha in the Dighajanu (Vyagghapajja) Suttaoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2017
Don’t claim victim status to justify moral superiority over others – The Dangers of Victim Mentalityoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2017
Your Buddha Nature Divides into 6 Different Consciousnesses in your body – The Shurangama Sutraoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2017
When life gets you down… what can a Buddhist do? The Sun keeps shining behind the storm cloudsoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2017
Don’t be an empty shell of a human – Some people are human but act less than human. And some animals have more compassion than some humans.original ↗
6 Aug 2017
Ajahn Achalo – The importance of keeping the precepts – ghosts, devas and offering your goodness on behalf of othersoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2017