VAJRA BODHI SEA


October,

Mahayana 3002 
Theravada 2518
Volume VI, Series 13,
No.67

jya la di

 

The Black Imperial Spirit exudes an awsome air as he roams everywhere ~ East, West, North and South rousing the deaf and urging on the blind, this greatly Compassionate Lord never rests day or night as he rescues living beings.  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Bodhi Seal 
            Patriarch Ta-t'ung Ta-an
THE WONDERFUL DHARMA LOTUS FLOWER SUTRA
Pictorial Biography of Master Hsu-yun
The Bodhi Mirror 
            Bhiksuni Ch'ang-hsu
Why Does Gold Mountain Have Ceremonies?
            by Sramanera Heng Sure
Dharma Talks--Kuan Yin Session
Letters from the Dharma Realm
The Bodhi Stand
            Upasaka Kuo Hui Weber
Briefly Annotated Survey of One Course of Studying the Dharma 
            by Fritz Grohmann
Sanskrit Lesson
            by Bhiksuni Heng Hsien
News From the Dharma Realm
              36-day fast
              4-week session
 


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: I kuo-jung
Editorial Board: The Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society Editorial Committee

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

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The Sino-American Buddhist Association 
Gold Mountain Monastery, 
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San Francisco, CA. 94103, USA 
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