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VAJRA BODHI SEA

Anniversary Issue
Commemorating Five Years of Publication
March-April-May

          No.60, 61,62 

Mahayana 3002 
Theravada 2518
Volume V, Series 12, No. 60,
Volume VI, Series 13, No. 61,
Volume VI, Series 13, No. 62,

Mwo fa te dwo


Good men are happy, bad men are afraid. With worry and suffering far away, ten thousand ills are cured. The Buddha eye contemplates the entire dharma realm; the golden wheel crushes to death every single demon.

VAJRA BODHI SEA PUBLICATION SOCIETY

A monthly journal of the orthodox Buddhadharma.

Yearly subscriptions are available for a contribution of $14.00 and include a complete volume. Single issues $2.00. Three years for $40.00.  All contributions are tax deductible.

The Editorial Committee of Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society would like to thank the numerous contributors from around the world, both members of the Sangha and lay community, for the high quality of their many and varied contributions. Unfortunately there is not sufficient space to publish all of the manuscripts in one issue, since the response from contributors has been so enthusiastic. As a result, many articles will be appearing in subsequent issues. This is no way reflects on the quality of the manuscripts, but stems from an attempt to put together a balanced issue with wide geographical representation as well as a variety of topics and genres.

The Committee would also like to apologize to its readers and subscribers for the tardiness of this issue. A complete renovation of Gold Mountain Monastery has made us all very busy, and the demands of maintaining a strict schedule of cultivation and Sutra study in the midst of construction has delayed publication. Our sincere apologies.

Cover Gatha: Composed by the Venerable Master Hua
                                      Translated by Bhiksu Heng Kuan
                                      Calligraphy by Upasaka Lee Kuo-ch’ien
                                      Layout by Upasaka Kuo Hui Weber

VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: The Venerable Master Hua
Director of Translations: The Buddhist Text Translation Society
Director of Administration Bhiksu Heng Yo
President: Upasaka I Kuo-jung
Editorial Board: The Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society Editorial Committee

VAJRA BODHI SEA

Anniversary Issue Commemorating Five Years of Publication


March-April—May
Mahayana 3002, Theravada 2518

Volume V, Series 12, No. 60,
Volume VI, Series 13, No. 61,
Volume VI, Series 13, No. 62

Published by The Sino-American Buddhist Association

Gold Mountain Monastery
1731 15th Street
San Francisco, California, 94103, USA
Tel: (415) 621-5202

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE BODHI SEAL OF THE PATRIARCHS...B.T.T.S.
THE LOTUS SUTRA ...B.T.T.S.
ANANDA’S SEARCH FOR THE MIND...I Kuo-jung
NALAGIRI’S TESTIMONY...Marion L. Matics
THE HIGHEST GOAL...Phra-Khantipalo
THE BUDDHA AS PORTRAYED IN THE ASTASAHASRIKA PRAJNA-PARAMITA SUTRA...Nancy Lethco
PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE VENERABLE MASTER HSU YUN...Bhiksu Heng Yo
TOM TERRY BECOMES A VEGETARIAN...Kuo Chou Rounds
THIRTY-SEVEN LIMBS OF ENLIGHTENMENT...Lewis Lancaster
SUPREME WISDOM MIND SUTRA...Gwendolyn Winser
HOW I CAME TO BELIEVE IN BUDDHISM...Tsang Kuang en
RECITATION AND MEDITATION SESSION
THE BODHI MIRROR...The Venerable Kuang Ch'in
THE SURANGAMA SUTRA...Bhiksuni Heng Ch'ih
THE BODHI STAND & THE CALLIGRAPHY OF GENERAL LI YEN-WU...Bhiksu Heng Kuan
BUDDHIST SOCIAL MORALITY...Ven. Maha Thera N. Jinaratana
THE POETRY OF SHIH-TE...James n. Hargett
RECOGNITION OF THE MOTHER...Paul Nietupski & Rob't Thurman
ESSENCE OF BUDDHISM...Bhiksu Aryamitra
BUDDHISM AND MORALITY...Kuo-tsan Epstein
SANSKRIT LESSON...Bhiksuni Heng Hsien
THE GREAT FLOWER ADORNMENT SUTRA...Bhiksuni Heng Hsien
NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM
      Not a single window
   Transmission of the Complete Precepts
   Across the sea of suffering
   Memorial service
   Liberating the living
   close call
INDEX...for Vajra Bodhi Sea issues #1 through #59
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS
 

Everything's a test,
To see what you will do.
Mistaking what's before your eyes,
You'll have to start anew.

—Dhyana Master Hua