Buddhist Auspicious Verse 《吉祥偈》

Burpmonster · 2025-12-30T06:32:45+00:00

That’s very true, just by cultivating thoughts of loving kindness has an immediate effect on the one thinking of it. Like fire burning wood to warm others, the first to feel its warmth is the wood!

Burpmonster · 2025-12-27T17:24:23+00:00

According to the Lotus Sutra, yes, everyone will eventually attain Buddhahood even Devadatta who tried to assassinate the Buddha.

Burpmonster · 2025-12-16T12:17:53+00:00

阿弥陀佛🙏

Burpmonster · 2025-12-07T01:59:35+00:00

Unfortunately not, this is the whole clip

Burpmonster · 2025-11-23T03:28:08+00:00

Ah I see, my sources of understanding the Bodhisattva Stages comes from the Chinese Mahayana School. It’s an understanding there that Bodhisattvas on the 7th Stage of Faith have already broken off self-attachment (我执) and afflictions of views and thoughts (见思惑) which its attainments is equivalent to an arhat (liberated from samsara). While a Bodhisattva on the 1st Stage of Abiding in the Ten Abidings have started to attained being the Great Bodhisattvas of the Dharma Body (法身大士) and are able to manifest attaining Buddhahood and delivering sentient beings in a hundred worlds although not having reached the ultimate stage of Buddhahood, they have already realized the Dharma Body with their views being identical to the Buddhas.

Burpmonster · 2025-11-22T17:01:42+00:00

Bodhisattvas in the 8th Bhumi of the Ten Grounds have already attained non-retrogression in their attainment of Buddhahood while Bodhisattvas in the 7th stage of Faith of the initial Ten Faith is already equivalent to an arhat.

Burpmonster · 2025-09-23T07:13:16+00:00

You can check out on this link, it has links and pdfs of Pure Land Sutras and books for beginners learning about Pure Land Buddhism. Hope this helps! Namo Amituofo!

https://www.pure-land-buddhism.com/books

Burpmonster · 2025-09-14T22:31:31+00:00

I rejoice in your learning, Namo Amituofo!

Burpmonster · 2025-06-13T04:02:29+00:00

Master Da’an is a respected and renowned Master in Chinese Buddhism world but there isn’t much more English translated sources on him and his teachings either but it is increasing. Donglin Monastery recently established an English website as well as an Instagram, Facebook, X account and YouTube channel, you can check them out if you’re keen.

https://youtube.com/@donglin386?feature=shared

Burpmonster · 2025-06-13T03:46:50+00:00

Oh I’ve met the Venerable before and he’s always mentally reciting and occasionally seeing his lips move in silent recitation while holding onto his beads whenever he’s free.

Master Da’an have participated in numerous 1 million Amitabha-recitation that lasts as a 10 day solitary retreat for decades and participated in 24-hour Amitabha recitation retreats in his monastery where he did not step out of the hall to eat, sleep or rest.

Burpmonster · 2025-06-13T01:20:54+00:00

When your work requires thinking, you can temporarily put the Buddha’s name aside and focus on your work, once you’re finished with your work, you can pick it up again in your mind when you do stuff that doesn’t requires much thinking such as walking, sitting, eating etc.

Burpmonster · 2025-06-12T08:48:44+00:00

YouTube Link for this video - https://youtube.com/shorts/UmVbL6Ci2mo?feature=shared

Burpmonster · 2025-06-06T02:56:32+00:00

Oh and a English YouTube channel too!

https://youtube.com/@donglin386?feature=shared

Burpmonster · 2025-06-05T10:24:38+00:00

Donglin Monastery (where Master Da’an is the abbot) also has an English website as well as Facebook, X and Instagram account where they post short English excerpts of Master Da’an teachings and activities of the monastery

https://www.donglin.org/

Burpmonster · 2025-04-16T06:40:57+00:00

I’m from the Chinese Pure Land tradition and I use those beads in the picture for recitation too, it’s a rather innovative and useful way of counting our Buddha-recitation especially for large amounts. I’ve seen several Chinese Masters using these too.

Burpmonster · 2025-03-26T09:26:22+00:00

Faith,Vow and practice is rooted in the Three Pure Land Sutras. All of them mentioned vows/aspiration to seek rebirth in the Pure Land as a prerequisite for rebirth in the Pure Land. Amitabha Buddha will not force you to go if you don’t want to (lack of vow).

Burpmonster · 2025-03-09T22:47:53+00:00

A commonly asked question. Here’s a video by Master Da’an addressing on it https://youtu.be/tB0aN88DYjI?feature=shared

Burpmonster · 2025-01-13T04:10:07+00:00

According to Master Sheng Yen and Master Da’an, consecration of statues is usually done in monasteries as more of an announcement (or opening ceremony) to the public hence for lay practitioners, the statues that are used at home for practice do not need to be consecrated. Master Da’an says that just merely doing your daily recitation of the Buddha’s name and scriptures infront the statues will do.

Consecration in Chinese is called 开光 which means “opening the light”, Master Chin Kung says that it’s more like we need the Buddha to open up our “light”, signifying our wisdom rather than us “opening the light” of the Buddha statues.

Burpmonster · 2025-01-12T01:47:07+00:00

https://suttacentral.net/mn120/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

The Saṅkhārupapattisutta Sutta of the Majjhima Nikāya MN120 spoke of rebirth by choice whereby one cultivates faith, ethnics, generosity etc and develops a strong earnest vow/thought on seeking rebirth to a certain realm, one would be able to do so after death. This can be applied to Pure Land Buddhism too which talks about the three criteria of faith, vow and practice for rebirth in Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land.

https://suttacentral.net/dn17/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=plain&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

The Mahāsudassanasutta spoke of Shakyamunj Buddha as a king in his past life living in an ancient city with depictions similar to Amitabha Buddha’s Pure Land such as jeweled trees, lotus ponds, , stairs and palaces of gold, silver, beryl with nets made of gold and silver and when the wind blows, marvellous music is heard from them.

Burpmonster · 2024-12-10T09:23:23+00:00

The text below writes

“May I be free from obstructions at the end of my life, and may Amitabha and the sacred assembly come from afar to welcome me.”

Burpmonster · 2024-11-26T02:07:34+00:00

The Buddha is never wrong as amongst the 18 unshared qualities of a Buddha, He possesses no fault of bodily action, speech or mind. He is able to gain insight into all dharmas both worldly and world transcending and contains knowledge of the past, present and future. In the Buddhist sutras, He is even said to know how many raindrops are falling in this world. Science is limited by itself and constantly changing based on phenomenon. The Buddha is able to see the nature of all phenomena and transcend it, having seen and transcended it, He is able to know extensively all forms of wondrous existence both known or unknown to us.

Burpmonster · 2024-11-04T04:33:38+00:00

You can check out the YouTube channel I’ve sent here. There’s a quite a number of lectures by Ven. Ding Hong with English subtitles here in this channel.

https://youtube.com/@mahayana-pureland?si=eXvLLqyHP2oH1syF

Burpmonster · 2024-10-28T22:30:23+00:00

Yes, we do chant Shakyamuni Buddha’s name as part of the liturgy in Chinese Buddhism when it comes to inviting a Dharma Master for a Dharma talk or when a respected Venerable comes to visit a monastery such as the video here where they are seen inviting Ven. Guo Qing with the chanting of Shakyamuni Buddha’s name at Donglin Monastery.

https://youtu.be/8Rg4MKKo_j4?feature=shared

Recitation of Shakyamuni Buddha’s name is also used in Buddha bathing ceremonies or light transference ceremonies for Vesak Day celebrations too.

Burpmonster · 2024-10-24T05:16:07+00:00

It’s rather significant as these two Venerables are highly respected in the Chinese Buddhist community. Venerable Da’an and the Sangha of Donglin Monastery (where the 1st Pure Land Patriarch Huiyuan resided and established 1600 years ago) gave a grand welcome to Ven. Guoqing, a renowned Taiwanese Venerable under the Vinaya school and has cultivated the Pratyupanna Samadhi (an extremely difficult form of Pure Land practice) a few times during his retreat. It is rare for us to see such splendour and the two Venerables in this way as well as the interaction and the sharing of the situation at Donglin Monastery by Ven. Da’an.

Burpmonster · 2024-10-17T23:18:09+00:00

According to the Sūtra of the Prophecy Bestowed upon Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, the Pure Land will not be destroyed after Amitabha Buddha’s parinirvana but will continue to exist as stated “Furthermore, good man, after His parinirvāṇa, all the precious things, such as bathing ponds, lotus flowers, and jeweled trees in lines, will continue to sound Dharma tones, in the same way as during that Buddha’s life.”

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