VAJRA BODHI SEA

June 1978, Mahayana 3004-Theravada 2520

Volume VIII - Series 19 - NO. 97

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      Expedient and good devices rescue those in the Saha. Appearance in the turbid five changes teeming demons. Always practice no self until it's paramita. In non-attachment to all dharmas, the vehicle is Maha.

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

Issued in May, 1978. Copyright c 1978 by the Sino-American Buddhist Association, Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society.

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Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs....Venerable Punyayashas
DHARMA FLOWER SUTRA.............CHAPTER THREE: A PARABLE
AVATAMSAKA SUTRA, "The Ten Grounds Chapter"..First Ground
Poetry.......Song of Two Skin Bags by Kuo Chi Hopp
Sanskrit Lesson...The Amitabha Sutra...by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien
The Great AVATAMSAKA ASSEMBLY
Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun
Reflections on Giving...by Upasika Kuo Lin Lethcoe, Ph.D.
Bodhi Mirror.......Shramanerika Heng Chai
Bodhi Stand........Upasika Kuo Tsai Rounds, M.A., M.Ed
NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM
Vajra Bodhi Sea Chairperson, Upasaka C.T. Shen
With One Heart Bowing.. letters from Heng Sure and Heng Ch'au
Buddhist Text Translation Society

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Cover Verse by Tripitaka Master Hsuan hua

            Translated by Bhikshuni Heng Ch'in

            Calligraphy by Bhikshuni Heng hua (Chinese)

                           Shramanerika Heng Ming (English)

 

Photography:  Upasika Kuo Ling Pecaites (page 19)

              Upasaka Kuo Chi Liu (back Cover)

              Bhikshu Heng Lai (page 27)