VAJRA BODHI SEA

Volume VIII - Series 18 - NO. 88

MWO MWO FA MWO LA

Humbling demons, outside ways, manifesting spirit awesome. Greatly kind, he rescues worlds. By Dharma kings a leader. Impartial, universally taking to the other shore. Living beings with conditions make the crossing to deliverance.

VAJRA BODHI SEA. A monthly journal of the orthodox Buddhadharma.

Issued in July, 1977. Copyright c 1977 by the Sino-American Buddhist Association, Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society. ISSN 2434-2185

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Printed in the United States of America, 1977, issue no. 88

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs--Ananda

The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra

The Avatamsaka Sutra--10 Grounds Chapter

Sanskrit Lesson--by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien

Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun

Dharma Talks--Ch'an Session, 1973

The Bodhi Mirror--Bhikshuni Heng Hua

The Bodhi Stand--Upasaka Kuo Chou Rounds

NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM
Three Steps, One Bow

Intensive Ch'an at Tathagata Monastery

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Cover Gatha: Composed by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Translated by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien

Calligraphy by Shramanerika Heng Wen

Shramanerika Heng Ming