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VAJRA BODHI SEA

JUNE, Mahayana 3001-Theravada 2617

Volume V - Series 11 - NO. 51

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The FOUR WORLD PROTECTING KINGS ARE BUSY DAY AND NIGHT REWARDING GOOD, PUNISHING EVIL, SUBDUING DEMON HORDES.  TRANSFORMING, THE BODHISATTVA APPEARS TO CONQUER PACKS OF FREAKS: COILED UP DRAGONS.  PROSTRATE TIGERS WORSHIP THE DHARMA KING.

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Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs

The Earth Store Bodhisattva Sutra
Sanskrit Lesson
Across the Sea of Suffering
Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Yun
Daily Record of the Sages Travel
The Bodhi Mirror
The Bodhi Lectern
News from the Dharmarealm
     Dharma Master Ch’an Yun visits Gold Mountain
     Vajra Parents—Bhiksunis from Hong Kong
     The Buddha’s Birthday, speeches by important 

     Members of the Sangha and lay community

Letters to the Editor
Liberate the Living
Birth and Death Blues
Vegetables for a Long Life

 

COVER GATHA: 

Composed by the Venerable Master Hua

Translated by Bhiksu Heng Kuan

Calligraphy by Upasaka Kuo Ch’ien

Layout by Upasaka Kuo Hui Weber

 

VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: Bhiksu Heng Ch’ien

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

Director of Administrations: Bhiksu Heng Shou

Permanent Advisor: Professor Lewis Lancaster

President: Upasaka I Kuo Jung

Editorial Board: The Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society Editorial Committee.