There are eighty-four thousand afflictions in the secular world, but the Buddha has eighty-four thousand Dharma methods. The method of chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name contains within it all other Dharma methods. Practicing this method will allow us to completely refrain from bad deeds and cultivate all that is good.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Master Miao Lien

標籤: #Buddhist cultivation #Cause and Effect #Compassion #Cultivate blessings #Cultivating merits and wisdom #Diligence #Doing good #Forbearance #Health #Karma #Offering #The cycle of birth and death #The Five Precepts #Vegetarianism #Wisdom

From a positive point of view, afflictions are Bodhi! However, you have to conquer your afflictions to discover Bodhi. If you do not conquer them, they are not only the root cause of birth and death, but also of hells.

專輯: Daily Dharma

分類: Sweet Dew

標籤: #Afflictions #Bodhi Cultivation #The cycle of birth and death

Buddhism explains that all phenomena are impermanent. All things in the world go through formation, existence, deterioration, and extinction. Human beings go through birth, aging, sickness and death, and our thoughts go through the stages of arising, dwelling, changing and extinguishing. These are all impermanent.　

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標籤: #Impermanence #The cycle of birth and death

When you take the precepts, you need to be vigorous and brave in your resolve! Grit your teeth. Even if your teeth are knocked out, be prepared to swallow the blood and keep going. Courage is needed in order to accept these rules. If you can follow the rules well, then you can uphold the precepts well; this is for certain. It is just like building a house: if the foundation is not laid out well, how will you construct a high-rise building? If you do not learn to follow the rules, how will you be able to receive the precepts? And if you do not uphold the precepts well, how will you be able to end the cycle of birth and death, and realize Buddhahood? This is a Buddha-selecting factory, and a place of cultivation for diligent Bodhisattvas. It is not a place to come and be lazy. If you were lazy, how would you make the resolve to come here and take the precepts?

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標籤: #Bodhisattva #Buddhist cultivation #The cycle of birth and death #Upholding precepts

Do we really understand the basic nature of birth and death?
In Buddhism, we learn that life arises from our desires and attachments, and ends when the karmic consequences of our actions are exhausted.
This a fundamental concept taught by Buddhist philosophy.

專輯: Daily Dharma

標籤: #Buddhism #The cycle of birth and death