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This is jointly recognized by various Buddhist sects. If this is not recognized, it cannot be considered a Buddhist sect. When I was a child, I knew the four words "dependence and emptiness" quite early. I also thought it was theoretically acceptable because everything is imperma

Wang Defeng, professor at Fudan University, on "dependence and emptiness"

09/30 1374

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During the Southern and Northern Dynasties and until the Sui and Tang dynasties, Buddhism reached its peak, and now we jokingly call Emperor Wu of Liang the "Bodhisattva Emperor". During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism had already played an important role in the ent

What "bad things" did the Buddha do

09/30 1563

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According to historical records, "Jingpiao Buddha Temple" was first built in the Ming Dynasty. It is one of the landmark buildings that symbolize the Twelve Bannas of Theravada Buddhism and an important place for Buddhist activities in Banna.

The largest Theravada Buddhist temple in China - Mengli Dafo Temple

09/30 1324

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There was a king in the past, and he set it on the method of numbers: Brahmins and others, which were suppressed and washed away in our country. When people get water, even if they are thrown away, they say this: "I won't wash it, the king will wash it."

I read the "Hundred Persons" Seventy-Four "The Metaphor of the Monks and Ordinary People Greedy for Profits"

09/29 1717

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Guangren Temple, the only Lama temple in Shaanxi, is a temple built during the Kangxi Western Tour in 1703. It is also the only main dojo in the country. When Guangren Temple enters Guangren Temple, there is a screen wall facing you. The screen wall is the first barrier to enter

The only Lama temple in Shaanxi - Guangren Temple

09/29 1182

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What are the Five Buddhist Precepts? The five precepts are "not killing, not stealing, not evil and lust, not lying, and not drinking wine." The Five Precepts are the basis and foundation of all Buddhist precepts and the most fundamental precepts in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. Aft

What are the Five Precepts? Can you eat meat after taking the Five Precepts?

09/29 1572

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What kind of person was Huineng who caused this violent turmoil? Hongren wanted to pass on his robe and bowl, and taught his disciples to write a verse, Shenxiu's "The body is a Bodhi tree, and his heart is like a mirror platform. Wipe it frequently at all times to avoid dust."

What is really amazing about the Sixth Patriarch of Zen?

09/29 1612

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Huineng met a person who was reciting the Diamond Sutra and was very happy with the content, so he visited the fifth ancestor Hongren as a woodcutter. One sentence surprised Hongren very much, knowing that the human, heaven and earth are beautiful, the wisdom is deep, and the ext

Buddha does not distinguish between north and south, people are divided between north and south, and viruses are divided between north and south?

09/29 1895

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After he was given the advice of the Fifth Patriarch, Huineng passed through the south overnight and left Dongshan Temple. He hid the dust for 16 years before he was re-orphaned and entered Buddhism again. He was famous for the Sixth Patriarch.

The battle between the north and the south of Buddhism in fate, reincarnation, cause and effect, and return to silence

09/29 1574

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Zen Master Siqing treated people without distinction between noble and humbleness in his life. He always bowed to others when he saw them. He never accumulated wealth, did not eat and live forever, did not persuade people to eat and drink, did not eat or drink after noon, did not

Ancient monk: Zen Master Siqing

09/29 1669

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In the spring of the 43rd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, a monk Yijiang from Beijing visited Mount Wutai and arrived at the foot of Zhongtai. He saw an old woman with white hair, only a torn and short clothes, and the weather was shivering in the cold. Seeing her lonely and

The story of Manjushri Bodhisattva: Monk Jiang untied his clothes and met the saint

09/29 1056

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Master Xuansha was Zen Master Bei Zongyi, a monk of the Five Dynasties in the late Tang Dynasty, and the Dharma heir of Zen Master Xuefeng Yicun, with a secular surname Xie, and was from Min County, Fuzhou. In the early years of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty, when he was thirty ye

Ascetic Toutuo Xuansha Master Beizong Yi Zen Master

09/29 1954

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People have different understandings of the truth. The Buddha said that the reason why people do not have wisdom is that they have too deep karma and their blessings are too shallow. As long as people eliminate karma, they can naturally become enlightened.

Too deep karma will lead to too shallow blessings

09/29 1120

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A few years ago, when I was studying in a Buddhist college, I met a monk who became a monk in a certain temple in Sichuan. This monk looked very ordinary. When he was about to become a monk, he sold his only commercial house, donated all his money to the temple, and then made up

He became a monk and sold his house and donated it to the temple naked. He was kicked out a few years later and sighed that he lived like a dog!

09/29 1342

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Some people think that chanting mantras is superstition, while others believe that chanting mantras can increase wisdom and accumulate merits... There are different statements. What exactly is a mantra and what is its function? What is a spell? Sound is a sound wave generated by

Don’t underestimate the energy of chanting mantras!

09/28 1937