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Developing Mind of Compassion

11/18/2015

 
Question:

Venerable Master,

Please teach me how to develop the mind of Great Compassion when I practice. I don’t understand Great Compassion and would appreciate some instructions.
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NTBL

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How to Encounter Proper Dharma Again

6/30/2015

 
Question:

Ven. Master:

The fact that I have encountered your Dharma and Great Master Xuan Hua’s is probably from prior conditions, is that correct? If I fail to get reborn to the Western Bliss Pure Land this lifetime, how do I make sure that I will be able to encounter again the Buddhadharma?

Please compassionately clarify the above for me.
​

MTV

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Inappropriate Question

5/17/2015

 
Question:

Ven. Master,
​

[Very long question on ghost problems, illness, sleep issues etc…]
Answer:
​

We do not answer these types of questions.

The submitter lacks respect and sincerity.
​
If you are not respectful, few monks and nuns would talk to you. If you are insincere, the competent monks will not teach you.

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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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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Are you Enlightened?

11/18/2014

 
Question:

I’d like to know whether or not you monks are enlightened yet or have been liberated and free from suffering or the wheel of reincarnation?

If one does not know the way does it make sense to guide others?
​

S

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Which Dharma Door to Practice

10/5/2014

 
Question:

Ven. Master,

You are teaching Chan and Pure Land Paralled cultivation. Ven. Hang Truong, also a disciple of Great Master Xuan Hua, is teaching Integral Taichi, meditation and other practices. 
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​​
Nowadays, at The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, what is that Dharma Door? Ven. Hang Dat is also a disciple of Great Master Xuan Hua, what Dharma Door is he teaching?

​Ven. Master, please instruct me which Dharma Door I should learn.

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Good Temple in HK

5/29/2014

 
Question:

Ven. Master,

I’m a beginning Buddhist practitioner, and I heard about you through a fellow practitioner during a short visit to City of 10,000 Buddhas this past July. I bought your book and liked it very much (I find your advice of not using a cushion when meditating especially helpful).

Unfortunately I don’t have enough blessings to meet with you in person, as I just moved to Hong Kong from the US. When I was reading your Q&A session, I was very excited to see that you mentioned you had visited quite competent temples in Hong Kong. Could you please recommend to me some good temples in Hong Kong? I hope eventually to be able to find a GKA to guide me.

Thank you very much and I wish you a great Thanksgiving.

Bows in Respect,
​

M​

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Receiving & Accepting

5/26/2014

 
Question:

Ven. Master:

What does ”receive and accept” mean?

Thank you.
​

DTYL

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Can I have your tooth relic

3/28/2014

 
Question:

Dear Sir, Madam,

We are spreading the Buddhism in Sydney Australia. I live in the western Sydney where Muslims and Christians are majority in our area. ​

The people from different religion do not want us to spread the Buddhism in our area.

Would you please be able to donate hair relic or tooth relic to us?

A single tiny bit will do. We need relic to protect us from danger and guide us to Dhamma journey.

Thank you very much.

Regards,
​

DMZLA

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Wishing to attain liberation

10/21/2013

 
Question:

Ven. Master,

I am a lay disciple.

I took refuge with my Master at my village in 2010.

Recently, I  set up an altar at home to worship the Buddha. ​

Each morning, I offer incense and make the vow for rebirth to the Pure Land. I do not have a lot of time to recite sutras or recite the Buddha’s name. I have two children of school age who keep me quite busy.

After I learned about Buddhism I resolved to attain liberation this lifetime. My wish is that my two children would someday leave the home life and cultivate vigorously in order to help society and others.

I don’t know which Dharma Door to cultivate or how to cultivate it. Many people advised me to cultivate Pure Land. My husband does not want me to go to the temple, except for on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Often, he scolds and berates me severely. It makes me quite upset but I do not know what to do. My husband is much older than me.

Please kindly tell me what to do?

Emituofo!

Thank you very much.
​

NTTT

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How to make vows

9/19/2013

 
Question:

Ven. Master,

Please teach me how to make vows.

Thank you very much.
​

MT ​

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Where is Proper Dharma

7/25/2013

 
Question:

[Regarding a comment made about a senior monk’s Dharma]

I agree with your assessment. Mahayana and Hinayana are two different paths. What are we Buddhist disciples to do? Where can we find Shakyamuni Buddha’s Proper Dharma?
​

QV ​

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Let Go Memory

6/9/2013

 
Question:

Ven. Master:

What can we do to detach from our memories?
​
DMĐ

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Cultivating at home

4/6/2013

 
Question:

I wish to cultivate at home. Please tell me what books I should purchase and how to recite sutras. I still have a young child and therefore cannot take the time to go to the temple to cultivate. Is it OK to eat vegetarian six days a month?
​

LTA

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Cultivate Blessing Certify Fruition

3/28/2013

 
Question:

Can one certify to the sagely fruitions by cultivating blessings only and not practice meditation? Please kindly and compassionately teach us.
​

QD

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Worshipping Wealth Spirits

3/24/2013

 
Question:

Ven. Master:

I worship the Earth Spirit in my house but inadvertently broke the statue. As per the elders’ counsel, I moved the broken statue to an Earth Spirit temple. Is that appropriate?

Should I now worship another Wealth Spirit?
​

NLTV ​

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Arranging Altar

3/20/2013

 
Question:

Ven. Master:

I worship four Buddhas and Bodhisattvas: Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha, Guan Yin and Maitreya.

The Amitabha statue is longer and is placed in the center. ​Shakyamuni Buddha is to his left and Guan Yin is to his right. Maitreya is on the altar. They are of different dimensions.

Is this arrangement appropriate?

Thank you,
​

H

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Questions on five precepts

2/25/2013

 
Question:

Amitabha Buddha!
​
Ven. Master! I have several questions regarding Taking Refuge and the Five Precepts. Please kindly and compassionately instruct me.

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Define Ignorance

2/13/2013

 
Question:

​
Would you please do me the favor of defining ignorance as it is mentioned below:

“At the center of every Wheel of Life are a cock, a snake and a pig, which represent greed, anger and ignorance. In Buddhism, greed, anger (or hate) and ignorance are called the ‘Three Poisons’.”

Thank you,
​
DW

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Buddhas before Amitabha

1/9/2013

 
Question:

Emituofo! Greetings to you, Master. I have been pondering about this for a long time. Please help clarify it for me.

Ven. Master, in Buddhism, which Buddhas became Buddhas before Amitabha Buddha? Please kindly instruct me.

Emituofo.
​
TD

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Eating Non-Vegetarian Cake By Mistake

1/6/2013

 
​Question:

I prayed to GuanYin and obtained a response. I therefore have been eating vegetarian in order to repay her kindness. Unfortunately, I inadvertently ate a non-vegetarian cake. What should I do?
​
LTĐ

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Eliminate Three Poisons with Recitation

1/3/2013

 
​Question:

Greetings to you, Master! I have a few questions.
​
In the Universal Chapter [of the Lotus Sutra], Shakyamuni Buddha says that those who recite GuanYin’s name will be able to eliminate greed, hatred and stupidity… Therefore, how should I go about reciting her name in order to achieve those objectives? I am not particularly worried about hatred and stupidity, however, my sexual desires are particularly strong. 

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Mantra for love

12/16/2012

 
Question:

Ven. Master,
​
I most fortunately came across the Sutra regarding The Great Compassion Mantra which helped me cope with my unbearable suffering. I later learned that if I sincerely recite this Mantra 12,000 times and print the Sutra 1,200 times, I will be able to get whatever I wish.

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Reduce False Thinking

12/12/2012

 
Question:
​

I started reciting Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s name two weeks ago.  I try to be single-minded in my recitation in the four comportments of sitting, walking, lying or standing just like Amitabha Buddha.  Late at night, I use the recitation beads for over thirty minutes.  I can concentrate pretty well on the Bodhisattva’s name even though I worship Medicine Master Buddha.  In the morning, I recite the Medicine Master Mantra while at night I recite Guan Yin.  Is this appropriate, Master?

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