I'm an American convert to Buddhism, I converted when I was 14yrs. I became a Pureland Buddhist at 16. A pen pal introduced to Amitabha Buddha. Right away I was attracted to Amitabha's Teachings. Everyday I chant Amitabha's Name. I'm so glad for Amitabha's Teachings. Namo Amitofo 🙏❤📿☸ Thank for this Teaching.
Thank You So Much for these Very Rare True Teachings & Chance to Finally Freed those Deserving Beings from the 6 Realms of Samsara & to be Transformed into the Pureland of NAMO AMITABHA BUDDHA so They can Help other Deserving Sentient Beings later! ...
Constantly chant : Namo Amitabha, Repentance and Dedication of Merit. Repentance All the unwholesome karma created by me. Arising from beginningless greed, hatred and delusion: Expressed through my body, speech and mind. I hereby regret and repent them all. Dedication of Merit May the merit and virtue accrued from this work, dedicated to all. Repay the four great kindnesses above and relieve the suffering of those on the three paths below. May those who see or hear of these efforts generate Bodhi-mind. Spend their lives devoted to the Buddha Dharma and finally be reborn together in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Excellent lecture as usual!! I love Amitabha! Thank you so very much for all your time and teachings.Finding a well educated teacher like your self is not all that easy.
Thank you n grateful to respectable Venerable Guan Cheng for starting this Amitabha Sutra.🙇♀️🙏 May Buddha blesses u with good hralth n Longevity, forever turning d dharma wheels. Namo Amitabha🙏
Thank you so much. Amitabha Buddha Not only did Sakyamuni Buddha use this method as the foremost method to teach all beings, but all Buddhas do the same also. The Pure Land method is hard to believe but easy to practice. Only when one has great good fortune and great wisdom will one be able to believe this method. In the Theravada tradition for example, Sariputra 5 is foremost in wisdom. In the Mahayana tradition, Manjusri is foremost in wisdom. Therefore, if one is not superior in wisdom, one cannot believe this method. Let’s think about this. Not only can our wisdom not compare with that of Manjusri Bodhisattva, it cannot even compare with that of Elder Sariputra of the Theravada tradition. But when we hear the Pure Land method, we are immediately delighted, believe and accept it, and are willing to learn and practice it. From this viewpoint, we are not inferior to Manjusri Bodhisattva. He chose this method, so have we. His choice was a wise one, so is ours. “Steadfastly dwelt” means our minds will no longer waver once we understand the principles and the phenomena of the truth, after which our minds will truly settle in “Namo Amituofo.” This [Namo Amituofo] is “the virtues and merits of all dharmas.”6 5 Both the Elder Sariputra and Manjusri Bodhisattva are listed in the assemblies listening to the Amitabha Sutra and the Infinite Life Sutra.-Trans. 6 These are the virtues and merits of Buddhahood.-Trans.
Thank you Venerable Master GUAN CHENG. We love your golden teachings very much. It is hard to catch your speech, Could you please put all your teachings in English subtitle so that people from other countries can understand easily. AMITOUFO.
You r a great lecturer n Hv made heart sutra easier to understand. Suggest, start off these teachings when a child is born then we will hv a near perfect society n world in 100 yrs time.
SATHU. Bless for the word of Buddha. Heaven is not final destination that BUDDHA wants all human to know. Angels are still in reincarnation cycle. Angles wish to be born as human which has a chance to reach NIRVANA status with no more suffer. Which is "THE EMPTY" and can not explain or measure by this world. No dimensions.
I am VERY surprised to find this video- especially since I happen to have a new copy of this booklet! As a student with a heavy schedule I hadn't gotten around to reading it yet, so I just removed it from the box yesterday. Wow! What are the odds?
i feel the need and urge to add subtitles to this chinese accent is very hard to understand for bodhis in other countries hope I am permitted to add subtitles to this video
Than do as Krishna says and take refuge in Buddha in which we gain Buddhi Yoga: buddhau Sharanam anvicchaa (Gita 2:49) BG 14.2, BG 18.57, BG 18.66 66. Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate thee from all sins; grieve not. Text 10 tesam satata-yuktanam bhajatam priti-purvakam dadami buddhi-yogam tam yena mam upayanti te Translation To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.
Saranam, already a Sanskrit, word was used earlier to Buddha by Lord Srikrishna when he discoursed on bodha or consciousness. Srikrishna exhorts to seek the ultimate refuge (saranam) in the undifferentiated consciousness (akhanda bodha). Buddhau saranamanvischa or take refuge in bodha, says Bhagavad Gita. Buddha also made his followers chant Buddham saranam gachhami or may I take refuge in Buddham or bodha. It is not refuge in the person of the Buddha, because he opposed the idea of personal gods. The Gita and the Buddha again share the common middle path to the ultimate realization - Samyak samadhi, or balanced thought and advocate unattached work. Philosophically the teachings of Lord Sri Krishna and Bhagavan Buddha thus don’t differ. They, unlike the Semitic systems, are of a common tradition.
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