Success in the Human World In the history of Chinese Buddhism there are three Buddhist sutras which are regarded as “core texts:’ These are the…
Sutras and Commentaries
Vajra: Destroyer of Affliction Allow me to begin with a story: once upon a time there lived an old woman who would chant the name…
Perfected Humanity Is Perfected Buddhahood (cont. 2) In the Samyukta Agama, the Buddha wants Ananda to answer how he would explain if non-Buddhist monks were…
No Attainment, But Not Negating Attainment One morning, the Buddha put on his robe, picked up his bowl, and went into the city of Sravasti…
Cultivation Without Attainment Subhuti said to the Buddha, “World-honored One, the Buddha attained anuttara samyaksambodhi, yet nothing was attained?” “So it is, so it is,…