VAJRA BODHI SEA

January 1981, Mahayana 3005

Volume XI - Series 26 - No.128

 mwo pe li sheng jye la ye

     With a thousand hands and eyes, and great compassion she teaches in the universe taking all to safety. Gods and demons under her direction, change their evil habits and hurry towards the good.

A Monthly Journal of Orthodox Buddhism

Issued in January, 1981. Copyright c by the Sino-American Buddhist Association, Incorporated. Mahayana 3005. Volume xi series 26, number 128.

English Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs...15th T'ien T'ai Master I T'ung
DHARMA FLOWER SUTRA....Chapter Four
FLOWER ADORNMENT PROLOGUE
Thought Development Through Meditation ....by Bhikshu Heng K'ung
Bodhi Mirror Presents .....Phra Achaan Cha
Three Steps One Bow...letters from Bhikshus Heng Sure & Heng Ch'au
Bodhi Stand Presents.....Upasika Yuan Kuo Ni
Sanskrit Lesson...The Amitabha Sutra....by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien
Supposing These Questions Were Asked...by Professor Ch'eng Hsi
Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun
Poem by Great Master Hui Neng
The Dharma....compiled by Bhikshu Heng Shun

NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM.
     -Awakening: Interview: Heng Yin with Noffke at KPFA Radio

     -Sculptural Echoes...by Georgette Sheldon
     -Bangladesh Buddhist Missionary Society
     -Calendar of Buddhist Holidays, 1981..January thru April

Cover: Great Compassion Mantra Verse: Composed by Venerable Master Hua
                                                                           translated by Bhikshuni Heng Yin
                                      Chinese calligraphy by Upasaka Kuo Chi Liu
                                      English calligraphy by Jerri Jo Idarius
                                      
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Vajra Bodhi Sea Staff for English Section

Director of Publications: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Chairperson of the Board: Upasaka C.T. Shen

President: Upasika Phuong Kuo Wu

Vice President: Professor Hsing Tsun Lee

Advisors: Bhikshu Heng Kuan, Bhikshunis Heng Yin & Heng Hsien, and Professor R.B. (Kuo Jung) Epstein

Distributor: Bhikshu Heng Shun

Editor: Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih

Graphics & Layout: Jerri Jo Idarius
Printer: Olympian Graphics, San Francisco.

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