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Showing posts with label VOWS OF AMIDA BUDDHA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VOWS OF AMIDA BUDDHA. Show all posts
Thursday, November 4, 2021

The three vows of salvation

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Click here if you want to read a detailed explanation of the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha Generally speaking, Buddhist practices taught by Sha...
Friday, October 4, 2019

The 48 vows of Amida Buddha – commentary on section 7 of the Larger Sutra

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the cover of the first edition of  my book on the 48 Vows - this is the revised explanation of the 48th Vows of Amida Buddha which wi...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Vows related with bodhisattvas in other lands (not yet born in the Pure Land)

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Revised on October 1st, 2019 for  my commentary on the Larger Sutra The following vows refer mainly to highly advanced bodhisattv...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

Vows explaining the characteristics, the capacities and activities of beings who attained Enlightenment in the Pure Land after being born there

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Revised on September 27th, 2019 for my commentary on the Larger Sutra.    As I previously explained, beings born in the Pure L...
Friday, September 27, 2019

Returning from the Pure Land - explanation of the 22nd Vow of Amida Buddha

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Section from the Larger Amida Sutra Mandala. Samantabhadra is seen near  the Shakyamuni Buddha on his white elephant.Maitreya and Manj...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Vows made for those who still cling to their own power - explanation of the 19th Vow and 20th Vows of Amida Buddha

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Click here to return to the list of the  48 vows of Amida Buddha “If, when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings in the lands of th...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The Primal Vow of Amida Buddha is inconceivable

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" Tathagata's Primal Vow surpasses conceptual understanding ; it is a design of the wisdom of Buddhas. It is not the design...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The One Vehicle of the Primal Vow - the ultimate teaching of Shakyamuni and all Buddhas

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     Shakyamuni Buddha teaching the Larger Sutra on Amida Buddha - the Supreme Turning of the Wheel of Dharma It is very important...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Summary of the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha

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click here to return to A Detailed Explanation of the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha             Now, after so many pages in which I tri...
Monday, February 26, 2018

A detailed explanation of the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha

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In this category of articles I intend to offer you a somewhat new and more in-depth explanation of the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha, b...

The so called “exclusion” in the Primal Vow: „excluded are those who commit the five grave offenses and those who slander the right Dharma."

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- return to A Detailed Explanation of the Primal Vow of Amida Buddha -  -  updated and revised on September 22nd 2019 -  &qu...
Friday, April 5, 2013

My book - The 48 Vows of Amida Buddha (free online edition)

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A newly revised edition of my explanation of the 48 vows of Amida Buddha was integrated in the new book COMMENTARY ON THE SUTRA...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

The peace and happiness of faith (shinjin) - explanation of the 33rd Vow of Amida Buddha

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last revised September 26th 2019  The 33 rd Vow can be linked with the first part of the 11 th Vow because it refers to ...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Beings who have faith in Amida dwell in the definitely assured state and immediately attain Nirvana after birth in the Pure Land - explanation of the 11th Vow -

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last revised September 25th 2019 “If, when I attain Buddhahood, humans and devas in my land should not dwell in the Definitely ...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Pure Land of Amida reveals in its Light all the Buddha-lands - short explanation of the 31st Vow of Amida-

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last revised and updated September 21st 2019 “If, when I attain Buddhahood, my land should not be resplendent, revealing in ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

The manifestations of the Pure Land – short explanation of the 32nd Vow of Amida Buddha

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revised and updated September 21st 2019  “ If, when I attain Buddhahood, all the myriads of manifestations in my land, from ...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Short explanation of the 13th Vow - the Infinite Life of Amida Buddha

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  last revised September 19th 2019 “If, when I attain Buddhahood, my life-span should be limited, even to the extent of a hundred ...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Short explanation of the 12th Vow - the Infinite Light of Amida Buddha

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  last revised September 18th 2019 “ If, when I attain Buddhahood, my light should be limited, unable to illuminate at least a h...
Friday, February 24, 2012

All Buddhas praise Amida's Name (short explanation of the 17th Vow of Amida Buddha)

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 last revised September 24 2019 “If, when I attain Buddhahood, innumerable Buddhas in the lands of the ten directions should ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

No discrimination of women in the salvation offered by Amida Buddha - explanation of the 35th Vow (article and video discussion)

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Click here to return to the list of the  48 vows of Amida Buddha revised on September 23rd 2019 If one reads the 35 th Vow o...