Vajra Bodhi Sea

June, Mahayana 2999 - Hinayana 2515

Volume III

Series 6, No. 27

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Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs - Patriarch Han Shan

The Sixth Patriarch Sutra

The Earth Store Bodhisattva Sutra

Sutra on the Ten Designations of the Buddha RECORDS OF THE LIVES OF THE HIGH MASTERS

The Three Cart Patriarch

Opening the Light in Vancouver B.C.

Sanskrit Lesson

The Bodhi Mirror Dharma Master Wu I

The Bodhi Lectern Upasaka Lee Kuo Ch’ien

Vegetables for a Long Life

The Professor Requests a Lecture

Cover gatha:

Composed by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua.

Translation by Disciple Upasika Kuo Chin Vickers.

Calligraphy by Disciple Lee Kuo Ch’ien.

Layout by Eric Weber.

 

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Director of Translation: Bhiksu Heng Ching, Upasika T’an Kuo Shih

Director of Administration: Bhiksu Heng Shou

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President: Upasaka I Kuo Jung

Chairmen of the Board of Trustees: Upasaka Ku Kuo Ti, Upasaka T’an  Kuo Cheng

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