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VAJRA BODHI SEA

Volume III
Series 5, No.25
 

The Red Lotus Hand
The pleasures of the heavens all surpass those among men,
Between the vows and rebirth there, difficulties abound.
Yet one has only to maintain this Red Lotus Hand,
And he reborn in a figer snap without waiting around.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs
The Sixth Patriarch Sutra
The Heart Sutra
Sanskrit Lesson
The Bodhi Mirror -- Venerable Bhiksu Tao Yuan
The Bodhi Lectern -- Upasaka Kuo Yu Linebarger
Vegetables for a Long Life
 

Cover Gatha:  Composed by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua.
               Calligraphy: Chinese by Lee Kuo Ch'ien;
              English by Kuo Chao Eberle.
               Translation by Disciple
Upasika Kuo Chin Vickers.

VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: Bhiksu Heng Ch’ien
Director of Translation:  Bhiksu Heng Ching,
                          Upasika T’an Kuo Shih
Director of Administration: Bhiksu Heng Shou
Permanent Advisor: Professor Lewis Lancaster
President: Upasaka I Kuo Jung
Chairmen of the Board of Trustees: Upasaka Ku Kuo Ti
                                                                 Upasika T’an Kuo Cheng
Editor-in-Chief: Bhiksu Heng Kuan
Editorial Staff: Bhiksu Heng Shoou, Bhiksu Heng Pai
                 Upasaka Lee Kuo Ch’ien, Upasaka Huang Kuo Jen
                 Upasika Tun Kuo Hsun
Photographer: Sramanera Kuo Tao