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QUOTE-Lotus Pool Assembly

In the Lotus Pool Assembly as vast as the sea, may Amita, the Thus Come One, Avalokiteshvara, and Mahashamaprapta sitting on the lotus daises, lead beings to ascend the golden ladder, and based on great vows...

Feeding Dharma Duck at the Temple

What Is a Living Being? Evil View #24

Buddhist define living beings as those creatures, large and small, human and non-human, who have consciousness. As noted in an earlier article, we do not consider larger living beings or humans to be more important than...

May monastics eat meat?

Although different Buddhist traditions hold different views on the matter, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has been very clear that it is an erroneous view to believe that monastics may eat meat. Laymen and laywomen may eat...

"Amazing View of the World" painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

Precise definition of Buddha-Dharma

The term Buddha-Dharma is used in different ways in different contexts. It can mean our actual practice, the results and manifestations from that practice, what the Buddhas taught, or as Dorje PaMu once described it as...