Amitabha’s 18th Vow is the lifeline of the Pure Land school In my earlier article from July 2021: “What Motivated Bodhisattva Dharmakara to Make the
Vows addressed to the “human and celestial beings in that land” Amitabha Buddha was very systematic in making his vows. The first 11 vows address
Why all vows are connected to the Primal Vow
Exploring the meaning of Amitabha’s core vows
Why the Pure Land teaching matches with the law of karma
Reliance on the Name determines rebirth
Unconditional gifts from Amitabha
The mechanism of assuring Pure Land…
Why Pure Land Buddhism should not be interpreted…
The 13 disadvantages of miscellaneous practices in…
Who can really practice with a genuine mind? At the end of Master Shandao’s passage on interpreting the Sincere Mind, he states: For [disavowing] the threefold
In the first part of our exploration of the Sincere Mind, we concluded that there was a problem. Apparently, to be reborn in the Land
