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Buddha Pedant

3/31/2015

 
Question:

Venerable Master,
​

Can I ask you a little question? People say if we wear a Buddha pendant and leave it on while changing our clothes, we would be committing offenses. Is that right?

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Too Much False Thinking

3/28/2015

 
Question:

Emituofo;

I wish you good health and much bliss.

I used to be Christian until a good knowing adviser suggested that I try Buddhism.

My life is full of upheavals but I feel that Pure Land Buddhism is very conceivable and very beneficial.

I feel like leaving the home life but people would talk me out of it and inside my mind is full of hesitation, perhaps because I still have a lot of karmic debts.

When I participated in a Guan Yin recitation week, I would feel compelled to leave and go home.
What should I do?

Thank you very much.
​

                      QD

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15 minutes Lunch part 2

3/25/2015

 
Question:

Ven. Master,

阿彌陀佛. Thank you very much for your reply. I’m sorry I forgot to mention that when I visited Po Lin Monastery they were indeed having their very long Chan Qi which lasted for 70 days (ten weeks), though not everyone there participated. ​

I don’t know whether they eat so quickly at other times, but since you said there is no need to train for it I’ll just leave this matter aside. I think what you said about US people being “more self-indulgent and impatient” is very very true. As I was used to the American city life, it took me a lot of efforts to learn the rules and conventions of Hong Kong Buddhist temples/centers (and I’m still learning them). I feel that this helps me grow in maturity.

Bows in Respect,
​

MH

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Wish for Rebirth to Western Bliss Pure Land

3/20/2015

 
Question:

Dear Master Yong Hua,

I tried meditation. I won’t be enlightened doing 30 minutes a day. My mind is full of delusions. The only hope is Other Power Amitabha and Boddhisatvas. ​

I want to go to Sukhavati, become a bodhisatva and come back to save beings. What do I practice in the morning and night ?

Thank you,
​

W – Brazil

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Too Many Karmas

3/9/2015

 
Question:

Praise to our fundamental teacher Shakyamuni Buddha,

Please kindly clarify the following:

– We create karma with our thoughts, speech and action. Must these become habit energies first before we create karma?

– Suppose that we are on our 100th lifetime. Does it mean that we are subject to the karma created the prior 99 lifetimes? Going backwards, how did it all get started?

– Do we cultivate in order to realize the true self which is un-produced and un-perishing? If our self is unproduced and un-extinguished, what revolves in the Reincarnation Wheel?

I have been pondering about the above issues. Please kindly clarify them for me.

Emituofo!
​

NVL

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