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"My
goal in life is to propagate the Buddhadharma, because spreading the
Dharma and making people understand the principles of Buddhism is the only
real way.
When
I first heard about some Americans going to Hai Hui Temple in Keelung,
Taiwan, in order to receive the complete precepts it aroused my curiosity,
because to think about people from the West coming all the way to Taiwan,
where the culture is so completely different, to take precepts and become
monks and shave their heads, was very hard for me to picture in mind and
to understand. Then another time after this some more Americans went to
Tz'u Shan Temple and did the same thing, and this piqued my curiosity once
again. So, when the Master came to Taiwan recently I was determined to
become his disciple.
But,
at that time the Master didn't want to accept me as a disciple. He said,
'You have a lot of teachers in Taiwan.' I said, 'I definitely want to bow
to the Master.' I never dreamed that I would come here today to San
Francisco to see the Master. Why do I feel this way about the Master?
Because he has converted so many people to Buddhism here in America. He
has been able to cross over those of a completely different culture.
In the
future each one of us must cross over ten people, and then each of those
ten can cross over ten more, and before long there will be many, many
Buddhists in America. Gradually this will come about. Therefore,
today I have
come here and seen how many fine disciples the Master has, and I hope that
I will be able to exert myself to the utmost to help him in whatever way I
can. Remember that we in Taiwan are your brothers and sisters in the
Dharma."
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SOON TO BE
PUBLISHED:
THE GREAT
COMPASSION HEART DHARANI SUTRA. A secret school teaching spoken by
Shakyamuni Buddha to explain the wonderful function of the Great
Compassion Mantra. Includes methods for healing through the use of herbs
and potents which are
sealed with recitations of the Great Compassion Mantra. The volume
of almost 300 pages contains woodcuts of Bodhisattvas and of Kuan Yin
Bodhisattva's myriad transformations as gods, kings, spirits, ghosts, as
well as exquisite mudras. There are poems, stories, and a store of Dharma
never known before in English.
THE
WONDERFUL DHARMA LOTUS FLOWER SUTRA. Spoken during the last period of the
Buddha's teaching, the Lotus Sutra opens the provisional to reveal the
actual teaching. Often called the "King of Sutras," the Lotus
Sutra is the "sutra for realizing Buddhahood."
THE
SHURANGAMA SUTRA. A direct, simply, broad and expansive teaching
which the Buddha spoke to reveal the Shurangama King Samadhi and to expose
demonic manifestations so that practitioners can recognize them and avoid
their snares. |
