VAJRA BODHI SEA

October 1978, Mahayana 3004

Volume IX - Series 21 - NO. 101

pu two ye pu two ye

      Kwan Yin appears sometimes as ugly and fierce, to subdue the stubborn and savage with the magic of her mind. So they all realize Prajna, the wisdom of non-arisal, and together enter the Saha world to save sentient beings.

A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF ORTHODOX BUDDHISM
Issued in OCTOBER, 1978, copyright by the Sino-American Buddhist Association
Mahayana 3004
Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society
Volume IX - Series 21 - NO. 101

Table of Contents
Editorial ............................... The Six Paramitas by Bhikshu Heng K'ung
Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs ............ Fifteenth Patriarch Kanadeva
LOTUS SUTRA ............................. Parables Chapter, continued
Flower Adornment Sutra Preface ...........Printed bi-lingual (see Chinese pg. 1)
Iron Birds (conclusion) ................. by John Blofeld
Silkworm ................................ music and lyrics by Bhikshuni Heng Yin
Bodhi Mirror ............................ Venerable Bhikshu Darmawara
Bodhi Stand ............................. Upasika Guo Ren Ha
With One heart Bowing ................... letter from Heng Ch'au
NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM
    Instilling Virtue in the Children ... school opens at the City
        DRBU Seminar ........................ Art, Religion, and the Human Spirit
Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun

Front Cover: Verse by Master Hua, Chinese calligraphy by Liu Kuo Chi, English by Sr. Heng Ming

Back Cover:

Photograph of Kuan Yin Bodhisattva and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Kuan Yin Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas by Upasaka Liu Kuo Chi-Calligraphy by Master Hua.

Photography by Bhikshu Heng Lai

Technical assistance and art work: Bhikshuni Heng Chu, Shramanerikas Heng Cheng, Kuo Jung, Kuo Jing, and Upasikas Kuo Ts'an Epstein and Kuo Shan Anderson.


Published by: THE SINO-AMERICAN BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION

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VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Distributor: Bhikshu Heng Shun

Chairman of the board of Trustees: Upasaka C. T. Shen

President of Vajra Bodhi Sea: Upasika Phuong Kuo Wu

Vice President of Vajra Bodhi Sea: Professor Lee Hsing Hsun
Advisor: Bhikshu Heng Kuan, Bhikshunis Heng Yin, Professor James Yu

Editor-in-chief: Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih

Editors: Bhikshuni Heng Ching, Shramanerika Kuo Jing

Editor to Chinese section: Upasaka Liu Kuo Chi


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