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Photo of Venerable Vimalakirti debating Manjushri Bodhisattva. Tang Dynasty painting from the Dunhuang Caves
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The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

Translated and edited from the Chinese (Kumarajiva ed. T.475) by Charles Luk (Lu K’uan Yi) in 1972. CHAPTER ONE: THE BUDDHA LAND Thus have I heard, once upon a time the Buddha sojourned in the Amra park at Vaisali...

June 1, 2021
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Diamond Sutra

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha from the Cave Temples of Dunhuang, China Silk Road. We discussed a lovely English chanting of the Diamond Sutra at a recent class and I wanted to provide you with a link to both the...

March 9, 2021
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Why This Title for My Book?

Sculpture of Ānanda from Wat Khao Rup Chang, Songkhla, Thailand. Why use the expression “Thus Have I Seen (or Heard)”? It is said that Ananda, Shakyamuni Buddha’s cousin and attendant for His last twenty-five years on...

November 28, 2020
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The Story of Chudapanthaka

“Chuda sweeping,” from Pabongka Rinpoche’s “Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand.” In our class Sunday, one of the students reminded us of the story of Chudapanthaka who reached...

November 10, 2020
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Offering flowers at temple in Sri Lanka.
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The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

At our Sunday morning chanting yesterday we started with a reading on the first two chapters of The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra.  I chose the Charles Luk translation from the Chinese translation by Kumarajiva, but there...

September 21, 2020
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