Establishing Faith in the Pure Land Teaching in the Context of Practice
Alan Kwan
23 December 2024
If we want to be reborn in the Pure Land, we need to do these things to form a connection with Amitabha Buddha
The Bridge Between the Teachings of Shakyamuni and Amitabha
Alan Kwan
26 November 2024
Alan Kwan discusses how Pure Land Buddhism unites the soteriology of Shakyamuni Buddha with the other-power salvation of Amitabha Buddha
Does the Contemplation Sutra Teach Us to Attain Rebirth through Contemplation of Meditative Virtues?
Alan Kwan
24 June 2024
Alan Kwan clarifies the deeper meaning of the Contemplation Sutra: that meditative virtues remain secondary to chanting the Name
Shakyamuni Buddha’s Benefits of Being Reborn in the Land of Bliss
Alan Kwan
22 April 2024
Shakyamuni Buddha outlines the real benefits of attaining rebirth, with real merit and virtues, in the Land of Bliss
Why Did Amitabha Buddha Make the 19th and 20th Vows for Sentient Beings Who Aspire to Be Reborn in the Land of Bliss?
Alan Kwan
27 March 2023
How Amitabha embraces even non-believers in his Name through two additional, supplementary vows to his Primal Vow
Master Shandao’s Interpretation of Amitabha’s 19th Vow of Deliverance
Alan Kwan
26 January 2023
Exploring Master Shandao’s explanation of why the 18th Vow in Pure Land Buddhism is much more powerful than the 19th Vow
Swiss Shin: Reverend Ducor and Switzerland’s Only Shin Buddhist Temple
Ruth Nilsson-Ladner
27 July 2022
Introducing the only Shin temple in Switzerland and its priest
The Original Intent of Shakyamuni Buddha is to Extol Amitabha’s Name
Alan Kwan
21 June 2021
Why the Buddha revealed infinite light to our world
Master Shandao’s Exegesis on the Deep Mind, Part One: Determinant Deep Faith Concerning Aptitude
Alan Kwan
10 March 2017
After his exegesis on the Sincere Mind, Master Shandao set forth to explain the meaning of the Deep Mind. The Deep Mind is the second
Master Shandao’s Exegesis of the Sincere Mind, Part Five
Alan Kwan
17 February 2017
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
Master Shandao’s Exegesis of the Sincere Mind, Part Three
Alan Kwan
13 January 2017
To seek refuge in Amitabha Buddha is to receive his “real” merits and virtues In our discussion of the Sincere Mind in my last three
The Potential of Propagating Pure Land Buddhism in the West
Alan Kwan
28 December 2016
Why Pure Land is an ideal school of Buddhism to be…