Patience promotes peace
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I am sick because the whole world is sick An old story: The enlighted lay practitioner Vimalakirti became sick. A group of bodhisattvas were curious about how such an enlightened person could fall ill, so they went to ask him about it. They.....

Interdependent wisdOM from Vimalakirti 🪷☸️🙏🌍 #mahayana

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: How Prajnaparamita Shaped Indonesia’s Vision of Unity - Buddhistdoor Global Buddhism in Indonesia is a fascinating story of assimilation, cultural unity, and folklore combined with philosophy

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✨ The great aspiration

🪷 Aspirational wisdom from The Questions of Srivasu (1.23)

💛 What intention quietly guides your actions today?

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BDG on YouTube: The Amitabha Sutra: A Dharma Talk with Ven. Guan Cheng (Lecture 16)

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Letting Care Last Without Wearing Us Down - Buddhistdoor Global Bruno Wang explores how care can remain a source of strength rather than depletion over time through Pure Land principles

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Bongeunsa Temple, Seoul, Korea
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Just in time for Buddha's birthday!
🇰🇷🪷☸️🙏 Coex Mall is adjacent to Bongeunsa Temple in downtown Seoul...from 2007-2009, I often took the subway to meditate and pray @ Bongeunsa 🙏☸️🪷🇰🇷 #coex #seoul #bongeunsa #jogyeorder #mahayana #lotuslanternfestival2026 #Korea 🇰🇷

Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: I will make the aspiration for unsurpassed and perfect awakening so that I may become a buddha who liberates sentient beings who have not crossed the ocean of saṃsara, frees those who are not free, brings relief to those who have no relief, and helps those who have not passed beyond all sorrow to completely pass beyond all sorrow. — The Questions of Srivasu (1.23)

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: The Questions of Srivasu (1.23) 🪷

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The Rise of Lay Leadership in American Won Buddhism - Buddhistdoor Global Grace Song explores the future of Won Buddhism in the United States through the expanding role of lay practitioners shaping inclusive and accessible sangha life.

BDG Feature: The Rise of Lay Leadership in American Won Buddhism

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Death as a Hardware Upgrade: DNA, Alaya-vijnana, and the Cosmic Cloud - Buddhistdoor Global Ven. Tanmyeong explores a contemporary analogy for the storehouse consciousness—one of the most profound and subtle teachings in Yogacara philosophy.

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✨ Time to let go ✨

🪷 Engaged wisdom from Master Hsing Yun (1927–2023) 🪷

💛 What are you holding onto that’s creating this feeling? 💛

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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: If you have resentment in your heart, you’ve only got yourself to blame. If you could understand it’s not any outside thing but your own attachment or greed that causes the resentment in the first place, you would be able to let go of the emotion. If you have time to be angry, you might as well use that time to do something good for society, right? — Master Hsing Yun (1927–2023)

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Master Hsing Yun (1927–2023) 🪷

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✨ The way of the Buddha

🪷 Awakening wisdom from Dogen Zenji (1200–1253)

💛 In this moment, what remains if the sense of ‘I’ is let go?

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Go check out Shaku Shingan's website if you haven't already.
You'll find several translations of #Mahayana sutras in English.
An excellent resource.
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#PureLandBuddhism
#Yogacara
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: What is the way of the Buddha? To study the way of the Buddha is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things. — Dogen Zenji (1200–1253)

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Dogen Zenji (1200–1253) 🪷

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✨ Nothing to add nor remove

🪷 Pointing-out wisdom from the Uttaratantra Shastra

💛 Right now, can this moment be left just as it is?

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The Meaning of the Name of Amitabha’s Pure Land - Buddhistdoor Global Exploring the characteristics and qualities of the transcendent, paradisical Pure Land that lead to repose and Buddhahood

BDG Feature: The Meaning of the Name of Amitabha’s Pure Land

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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Therein is nothing to remove / And thereto not the slightest thing to add. / The perfect truth viewed perfectly / And perfectly beheld is liberation. — Uttaratantra Shastra

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Uttaratantra Shastra 🪷

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State Prosecutors Charge Former Shaolin Temple Abbot with Bribery and Embezzlement - Buddhistdoor Global State prosecutors in central China's Henan Province, have indicted Shi Yongxin, the former abbot of the Shaolin Temple for financial misconduct.

BDG News: State Prosecutors Charge Former Shaolin Temple Abbot with Bribery and Embezzlement

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BDG on YouTube: The Amitabha Sutra: A Dharma Talk with Ven. Guan Cheng (Lecture 15)

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On Amidism: A Short Discourse by Grandmaster T'an Hu of Chan Shan Temple | eBay This copy is in very good condition. The binding is strong and untested and there are no markings or highlights in the text of the work. There is a Buddhist Society stamp in the front. Published by H....

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On Amidism

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BDG on YouTube: Dharma Reflections with Ven. Tanmyeong: Guan Yin Sometimes Appears as a Beggar

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Online Dharma: Jamyang Buddhist Centre London Launches Discovering Buddhism Self Study Course - Buddhistdoor Global Jamyang Buddhist Centre in southeast London, has announced the launch of a new online study program, Discovering Buddhism Self Study.

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BDG on YouTube: The Amitabha Sutra: A Dharma Talk with Ven. Guan Cheng (Lecture 14)

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A First Zen Reader
Zen Mind/Beginner's Mind (a classic!)
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"I am sick because the world is sick." ☸️ -Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
#Mahayana

✨ Put it into practice ✨

🪷 Practical wisdom from Zen Master Dae Kwan 🪷

💛 How are you embodying the Dharma today? 💛

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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Buddhism consists of 84,000 teachings. They all help us to wake up from our illusion. If you’re only attached to words and differences, you cannot taste the truth. Zen means to put it into practice. Don’t indulge in empty talk. — Zen Master Dae Kwan

🪷 Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Zen Master Dae Kwan 🪷

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Lotus Sutra, Chapter 20 (excerpts)
🪷☸️🙏💙 Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
#Mahayana #Dharma #Kosenrufu