Buddhist Sutras:

The Amitabha Sutra, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. Shakyamuni Buddha spoke the Amitabha Sutra to let all living beings know of the power of Amitabha Buddha's great vows to lead all who recite his name with faith to rebirth in his Buddhaland, the Land of Ultimate Bliss, where they may cultivate and quickly realize Buddhahood. 204 pages, $5.95

The Vajra Sutra, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. Prajna or transcendental wisdom, the subject of this Sutra, is of central importance in the Buddha's teaching. The Buddha spent 20 years speaking the Prajna sutras and declared that they would be disseminated to every land. The Sutra says, "One should produce a thought without dwelling anywhere." The Sixth Patriarch, the Great Master Hui Neng, heard this sentence and awakened to the Way. 192 pages, $5.95

The Dharani Sutra, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. The Sutra speaks of compassion, which relieves us of suffering and gives us joy. The Bodhisattva Who Regards the World's Sounds (Avalokiteshvara) embodies this infinite compassion. The Dharani Sutra shows how by the practice of compassion and the recitation of the Great Compassion Mantra we can gain the thousand hands and thousand eyes of Avalokiteshvara and rescue living beings in distress by means of wholesome magic and healing. The first translation in any Western language. Illustrated with woodcuts from the Secret School. 352 pages, $10.00

The Lotus Sutra, Vol. I, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. The Buddha appeared in the world in order to lead all living beings to understand the teaching of the Lotus Sutra. 'For the sake of all living beings, I preach the One Buddha-Vehicle. If you are able to receive these words with faith, you shall all be able to become Buddhas. This vehicle is wondrously pure and supreme. In all the worlds throughout the universe there is nothing more exalted.'

The Shurangama Sutra, Vol. I, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. "There is a samadhi called the Foremost Shurangama King of the Great Buddha Summit, which is the fulfillment of the 10,00 practices. It is the one door to the transcendent and wonderfully adorned road of the Thus Come Ones of the ten directions." The Sutra explains the samadhi (state of still concentration) of the Buddha and the 50 kinds of demonic samadhi which can delude us in our search for enlightenment.

Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. The power of Earth Store Bodhisattva's compassion is unusually great, a strength which most other Bodhisattvas cannot match: he alone has made the vow to go to the hells and rescue living beings there. "If I do not go to the hells to aid them, who else will go?" Before he entered Nirvana, Shakyamuni Buddha went to the Heaven of the Thirty-three to speak this Sutra on behalf of his mother. It is one of the most popular Buddhist scriptures in China, describing the heavens and hells, the workings of karma, and the virtue of filial piety. The first translation into English. 235 pages, $6.75 paper, $12.75 cloth.

The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma jewel Platform Sutra, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. The Sixth Patriarch said, "Unenlightened, the Buddha is a living being. At the time of an enlightened thought, the living being is a Buddha. Therefore, know that the ten thousand dharmas exist within your own mind. Why do you not see the true suchness of your original nature from within your own mind?" The sutra is the founding text of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, consisting of the teachings of the Venerable Master Hui Neng, the illiterate Patriarch. Second edition. 380 pages, $10.00

The Sutra in Forty-two Sections, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, "When the Shramana who has left the home-life puts an end to his desires and drives away his longings, he knows the source of his own mind and penetrates to the profound principles of Buddhahood. He awakens to the Unconditioned, clinging to nothing within and seeking nothing without." The Sutra in which the Buddha gives the essentials of the Path. $4.00

Buddhist Poetry and Fiction:  

The Ten Dharma Realms Are Not Beyond A Single Thought. Verses and explanation of the ten realms of existence by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua. 72 pages, $3.00

"The way of men is harmony, With merit and error interspersed. On. virtuous deeds you rise, offenses make you fall. It has nothing to do with anyone else at all."  

Celebrisi's journey. A novel by David (Kuo Chou) Rounds. Where is the realm beyond the senses? What happens when a modern man sets out ot find it? This is the story of a search pursued across the landscape of America from New jersey to Maine to the Dakotas to California, through despair to understanding, through the cloud of thoughts to the bright stillness, into the mind, beyond the self. 178 pages, $3.25

Vajra Bodhi Sea

      The monthly journal of the Sino-American Buddhist Association since 1970, Vajra Bodhi Sea makes Buddhist writings and Buddhist news available to readers every- where. Each issue contains Sutra translations, biographical sketches of high masters of antiquity, and biographies of contemporary Buddhists of the Sangha and lay communities. Also included are feature articles, world Buddhist news, poetry, book reviews, a series of Sanskrit lessons and vegetarian recipes. $15 for a one-year subscription, $42 for a three-year subscription. Subscription free with membership in the Sino-American Buddhist Association.

Biographical:

Records of the Life of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, Part I "The Master was 19 years old when his mother passed away. At this time, he left the home life, taking the ten precepts of a Shramanera. He then went to his mother's grave site, and built a 5' X 8' hut out of five-inch sorghum stalks. The hut kept out the wind and rain, but there was little difference between the inside and the outside. Here the Master observed the custom of filial piety by watching over his mother's grave for a period of three years. Clothed only in a rag robe, he endured the bitter Manchurian snow and the blazing summer sun. He ate only one meal a day and never slept lying down." an account of the Master's early years in China. 96 pages, $3.95

Records of the Life of Ch'an Master Hsuan Hua, Part II. "In the late afternoon, after a day of work at the construction site of Tz'u-hsing Monastery, the Master would go back down the mountain to catch the ferry to Hong Kong. Even then he did not rest, but delighted his fellow passengers by giving Informal Dharma talks during the 45-minute crossing. With no effort on his part, he attracted an ever-increasing gathering on those ferry boat rides, who listened as the Master made good use of the time by expounding the Dharma for them." The events of the Master's life as he taught and transformed his followers in Hong Kong, containing many photographs, poems and stories. 229 pages, $6.95

World Peace Gathering, A moving document of American Buddhism in action, commemorating the successful completion of an extraordinary 1,100 mile journey made by two American Buddhist monks in 1974. With Heng Yo at his side, Hengju walked from San Francisco to Marble-mount, Washington, bowing to the ground every third step, praying for peace for all humankind. With numerous photographs. 128 pages, $3 95

Three Steps, One Bow, "Even before we left San Francisco to begin the pilgrimage, people were doubtful about how we would obtain the basic requirements for survival. But the Master had said that if one is ( completely sincere and genuine, survival would not be a problem. The Master has completely proved this is in his own life, and after a while on our trip we too found it to be true without fail. We discovered very quickly, though, that what is tacitly assumed by this principle is equally true: if your heart is not sincere, survival will be a problem." Three Steps, One Bow is Heng Ju's and Hong Yo's own story of devotion, humor, and hardships overcome on their extraordinary pilgrimage for world peace.$5.95

Buddhist Practice:

The Shramanera Vinaya and Rules of Deportment, with commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, The Buddha instructed his disciples to take the Vinaya (the moral code) for their Master once he himself had entered Nirvana. Those who seek to end birth and death and to save all living beings from suffering must base their practice on proper morality. 112 pages, $3.95

Pure Land and Ch'an Dharma Talks, "From limitless aeons past until the present we have accumulated uncountable states of mind in the field of our eighth consciousness. Sitting quietly allows these states to come forth in a way that they can be recognized, just like the moon's reflection in still water." Instructions by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua in the practice of reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha and in the self-investigating meditation called Ch'an. 72 pages, $3.00

Buddha Root Farm, Further instructions by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua in meditation on the name of Amitabha Buddha of the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. "The water flows, the wind blows, whispering his name. And when he takes you by the hand to the Happy Land, you'll be so glad you came." 72 pages, $3.00

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"Welcome To The City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas"

A SONG COMPOSED BY THE VENERABLE MASTER HUA
Translated and set to music by Bhikshuni Heng Yin

THE BUDDHA NATURE REACHES TO THE ENDS OF EMPTY SPACE.

IN THE DHARMA REALM EVERYWHERE LIVING BEINGS ARE RAISED.

LIVING BEINGS BECOME BUDDHAS AS THE BUDDHAS TEACH THEIR KIND.

TEN THOUSAND DHARMAS ARE CREATED, ONLY FROM THE MIND. (Repeat last line from "TEN...)

II UNITED WITH ONE GOAL WE'LL MAKE THE SAGELY TEACHING GROW,

AS SHARING TOIL AND BITTERNESS DOWN THE WAY WE GO.

BE OPEN, WITHOUT SELFISHNESS: A STRAIGHT MIND IS THE VERY BEST.

TEN THOUSAND DHARMAS ARE CREATED, ONLY FROM THE MIND.

TEN THOUSAND DHARMAS ARE CREATED, ONLY FROM THE MIND.

III CLEANSE THE VAJRA MOUNTAIN TEMPLE OF DEFILING DUST.

TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS IN PURE LIGHT SHINE, ENLIGHTENMENT MIRACULOUS.

BE OPEN, WITHOUT SELFISHNESS: A STRAIGHT MIND IS THE VERY BEST.

TEN THOUSAND DHARMAS CREATED, ONLY FROM THE MIND.

TEN THOUSAND DHARMAS CREATED, ONLY FROM THE MIND.

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