The Pure Land Lineage from Shakyamuni Buddha to Master Shandao
Alan Kwan
25 February 2020
The meaning of institutional transmission
Pure Land Teaching and the Pure Land School
Alan Kwan
21 January 2020
The relationship between tradition and transmission
Benefits Endowed by Amitabha to Pure Land aspirants of the 18th and 19th Vows
Alan Kwan
21 May 2019
Amitabha’s assured deliverance
Pure Land: An “Easy Path” of Practice?
Alan Kwan
23 April 2019
The crucial difference between the 18th and 19th Vows
All Teachings Return to Amitabha’s Name
Alan Kwan
17 December 2018
Why the Name is at the heart of Pure Land practice
Master Shandao’s Exegesis on the Mind of Merit-dedication and Rebirth-aspiration: The Right Mindset to Doubt and Confusion
Alan Kwan
5 December 2017
Why Pure Land Buddhism should not be interpreted…
Master Shandao’s Exegesis on the Deep Mind—Advantages and Disadvantages of the Two Kinds of Practices
Alan Kwan
22 September 2017
Why the primary practice surpasses the secondary…
Master Shandao’s Exegesis on the Deep Mind, Part Four: The Fifth Kind of Determinant Faith
Alan Kwan
12 May 2017
Deep faith based on Amitabha’s vow (the real), not the delusive mind (the unreal) Out of the seven kinds of determinant faith, we have so
Capturing the Core Essence of the Shandao Lineage’s Pure Land Teachings
Alan Kwan
13 April 2017
Abandoning the self and taking refuge in the Buddha The explication of the Sincere Mind and the two kinds of determinant deep faith (as mentioned
Master Shandao’s Exegesis on the Deep Mind, Part Two: Determinant Deep Faith in the Buddha’s Teachings
Alan Kwan
24 March 2017
How the the first component of deep faith relates to sentient…
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
Book Review: Approaching Buddhism—An Introduction to the Buddhist Tradition from the Pure Land Perspective
Raymond Lam
3 March 2017
It is a cliché to say that publishing an introductory textbook to a vast and philosophical subject like Buddhism is much harder than some writers