Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms
Amitabha The Buddha of the Pure Land who took a vow to save all beings who called on his name with perfect faith by causing them to be reborn in his universe. Ones own efforts, ineffective in...
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Image via Wikipedia Ever since the day that Adam and Eve Ate from the Tree of Knowledge, man has been able to see right from wrong. This new knowledge would now bring up the possibility for a man or...
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A reading: For I am the Receiver and the Lord of every sacrifice…Who follow gods go to their gods; and whoso loveth Me cometh to Me. Whoso shall offer Me in faith and love a leaf, a flower, a fruit,...
View ArticlePoems of Rilke: Buddha in Glory
Rilke’s short poem ‘Buddha in Glory’ is a meditation on the nature of the enlightened Buddha – presumably the Buddha of our universe, also known historically as Gautama or Sakyamuni. The poem may be...
View ArticleBusiness Ethics: The Buddhist Approach
There are many schools of thought within Buddhism and very many extensive texts that may be studied and so any attempt to encapsulate the Buddhist approach to business ethics in less than five hundred...
View ArticleBeyond Religion: How Dalai Lama Took My Title
When I started my blog Beyond Religion back in 2006, I wanted to share with others that God cannot be closed in a box named Religion because He is so much more than that. Furthermore, He has created us...
View ArticleMovie Review: Left Behind
Left Behind is a story that unfolds in the future, when the world is going about the day as normal. Without warning and in the twinkling of an eye – millions of people around the world vanish...
View ArticleMovie Review: Left Behind
Left Behind is a story that unfolds in the future, when the world is going about the day as normal. Without warning and in the twinkling of an eye – millions of people around the world vanish...
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