The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
The *Lamrim Chenmo* (Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment), or simply *Lamrim*, was written by Master Tsongkhapa at the request of many practitioners. Its ultimate goal is to guide Buddhist disciples to attain supreme enlightenment, completely liberate themselves from the suffering of samsara, and ultimately help all sentient beings achieve perfect Buddhahood. In 1988, Venerable Rihchang began to sermon on the *Lamrim*. Not only did the monks of the Fuzhi Sangha diligently study and practice it, but lay members also formed a *Lamrim* study group, delving deeper into the *Lamrim* through the collective effort of a group. This treatise is an important text for study and practice within the Fuzhi community.
Nanshan Law Firm's Home Reference Summary
The "Nanshan Vinaya for Lay Buddhists: Abridged Edition" was compiled by Vinaya Master Daoxuan, who wrote the Nanshan Vinaya. Later, Vinaya Master Yuanzhao added notes to it, making it one of the six major parts of the Nanshan Vinaya. Master Hongyi compiled this book based on it, making it a precious and essential Vinaya collection for lay Buddhists to study and uphold the precepts.
Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra (Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra) is a classic text expounding the Mahayana Buddhist concepts of emptiness and Prajna (wisdom). Also known as the *Buddha Speaks the Great Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra*, it is often simply called the Heart Sutra. This sutra, with its core teachings on the true nature of all phenomena as elucidated in the *Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra* (both the Great and Small Prajnaparamita Sutras), is a concise classic of just over two hundred characters, making it an extremely important text in the Prajnaparamita Sutra series. It is often considered to be mutually interpretable with the *Diamond Sutra*, another Prajnaparamita Sutra.
Diamond Sutra
The Diamond Sutra, also known as the Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra, is an important and widely respected and circulated classic text with profound philosophical principles. It symbolizes the invincible power of wisdom and can eliminate all suffering of sentient beings. It is an important Dharma gate for the Buddha to open the true nature of sentient beings.
The Great and Vast Buddha Avatamsaka Sutra
The Avatamsaka Sutra, also known as the Mahayana Amitabha Sutra or the Miscellaneous Flower Sutra, is one of the most important scriptures in Mahayana Buddhism. The Chinese Huayan school of Buddhism is based on this sutra, taking the profound meanings of dependent origination and the unobstructed nature of all phenomena as its core tenets. The name "Avatamsaka" is a metaphor for the Buddha. Just as the myriad practices of the causal stage are like flowers, adorning the fruition stage, so too are the myriad virtues of the Buddha's fruition stage, adorning the Dharmakaya, hence the name Avatamsaka. The Avatamsaka Sutra is one of the most important scriptures for Mahayana Buddhist practice.
This simplified and proofread electronic version of the "Avatamsaka Sutra" is based on the photographic reproduction of the "Mahāvaipulya Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra" (80 fascicles), translated by the Tripiṭaka Master Śikṣānanda from Khotan during the Tang Dynasty, found in the Mahayana Avatamsaka section, No. 0084, of the "Qianlong Tripitaka."
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Great Compassion Mantra
The full name of the Great Compassion Mantra is "Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's Vast, Perfect, and Unhindered Great Compassion Heart Dharani." It is from the "Sutra of the Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's Vast, Perfect, and Unhindered Great Compassion Heart Dharani," translated by the Indian monk Bhagavad-dharma during the Tang Dynasty. Because of its powerful and incredibly efficacious nature, it is also known as the "Great Compassion Divine Mantra."
Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
The "Dizang Sutra" is also known as "Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva's Fundamental Vows Sutra", "Kṣitigarbha's Fundamental Vows Sutra", "Kṣitigarbha's Fundamental Practices Sutra", and "Kṣitigarbha's Fundamental Power of Vows Sutra". It was translated by the Tang Dynasty eminent monk Śikṣānanda. It is included in Volume 13 of the "Taishō Tripiṭaka". It is one of the Three Kṣitigarbha Sutras; the other two are the "Sutra on Divination of Good and Evil Karma" and the "Mahāvaipulya Daśacakra Kṣitigarbha Sūtra".
The Amitabha Sutra Spoken by the Buddha
The Amitabha Sutra is also known as the Smaller Sukhavativyuha Sutra, or simply the Smaller Sutra. Together with the Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra and the Contemplation Sutra, they are collectively known as the Three Pure Land Sutras. It is generally believed that this sutra was already popular in the Gandhara region during the Kushan Empire, around the 1st to 2nd centuries AD.
Mahakaruna Dharani Sutra
This mantra is the subtle heart seal of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva. If one writes the Six-Syllable Great Bright Mantra, it is equivalent to writing the Threefold Canon; if one recites the Six-Syllable Great Bright Mantra, it is equivalent to chanting seven scrolls of sacred texts. It can also open the door to wisdom, save one from hundreds of difficulties and sufferings, purify karmic obstacles from the three lifetimes, eliminate all sins, liberate one from the cycle of birth and death, and grant the joyful Dharma-body. However, there are also secret techniques for reciting the mantra. Therefore, the first sound "Om" (唵) is to call upon the Vairocana Buddha within oneself. The second sound "Ma" (嘛) in "Dong" (东) is to call upon the Akshobhya Buddha within oneself. The third sound "Ni" (呢) in "Nan" (南) is to call upon the Ratnasambhava Buddha within oneself. The fourth sound "Pad" (叭) in "Xi" (西) is to call upon the Amitabha Buddha within oneself. The fifth sound "Me" (弥) in "Bei" (北) is to call upon the Amoghasiddhi Buddha within oneself. The sixth sound, returning to the throat to make the "Hum" (吽) sound, is to call upon the Mahasthamaprapta Vajra within oneself. Over time, the five vital energies will return to their origin, achieving inconceivable merits and attaining perfect penetration.
Praise to Guan Yin Bodhisattva
"Praise to Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva" is a classic gatha praising Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's great compassion and spirit of relieving suffering. It extols her profound and matchless purity and dignity, and how she responds to thousands of prayers in thousands of places, serving as a refuge for sentient beings in the sea of suffering. Chanting this gatha regularly can bring inner peace, increased wisdom, and a profound connection to the Buddha's teachings.
Sutra of Eight Realizations of Great Beings
The Eight Great Realizations Sutra explains the eight dharma that enlightened beings such as Buddhas and Bodhisattvas should awaken to and contemplate. Buddhist disciples should observe and experience these eight great realizations to practice self-awakening and the awakening of others.