The Five Schools

All conditioned dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows; like dew drops and a lightening flash: contemplate them thus. --The Vajra Sutra
If people with scattered minds enter stupas or temples, and say but once, "Namo Buddha," they have realized the Buddha Way. --Dharma Flower Sutra, Chapter 2: Expedient Devices		*- Don't Push for Speed...no matter what method you use...whether it be reciting the Buddha's name, holding mantras....* --a Dharma talk by Ven. Master Hsuan Hua** - Back to the Source...there is only one road back to the source, but there are many expedient ways to reach it. -- An interview with Ven. Master Hua published in Shambala Review in 1976... -
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		Venerable Master Hsuan Hua's General Discussions on: *The Chan School [Ch'an or Dhyana, or Zen]* ...this mind of ours is just the Buddha...the precious pearl hidden within our robe is not something gotten from outside.... >> *To view a video on The Chan Tradition of Meditation, please go to the Ven. Master Hua* page..*. >> What Is Ch'an Meditation? How Do I Do It?, Entering Samadhi Is Not the Same as Sleeping, The Meditation Hall Is a Way-place Where Buddhas Are Selected* --Dharma talks by Ven. Master Hsuan Hua >> To listen to Ven. Master Hsuan Hua's Dharma talks on Chan meditation (English translation) [MP3] ... >> To read Ven. Master Hsuan Hua's Dharma talks on Chan: The Essence of All Buddhas, Chan Dharma Talks from the 1972 session, Zero: The Great Bright Store of Your Own Nature... >> *To read The Sixth Patriarch's Sutra, Song of Enlightenment* and about Patriarch Bodhidharma's stories, please go to the Sangha Jewel page... The Teachings School ...observing the opportunities they entice with the teachings and dispense the medicine according to the illness.... >> The Shastra on the Door to Understanding the Hundred Dharmas: Text & Commentaries by Ven. Master Hsuan Hua The Vinaya School ...If we lose this human body, it will be hard to recover it in ten thousand eons. Therefore, at all times we should strictly cultivate the Vinaya, and never be lax. The Esoteric School ...if practitioners are the slightest bit reckless, they can easily fall into the Dharma Realm of Asuras....** >> Recite Mantras with a Proper and Sincere Mind...after we learn the Shurangama Mantra, we must constantly keep a compassionate frame of mind...Single-minded concentration is efficacious, while being scattered is useless. What's meant by single-minded concentration?.... --a Dharma talk by Venerable Master Hsuan Hua >> Learn Shurangama Mantra... >> Om Mani Padme Hum... >> *Links to more mantras on the Online Resources* page... The Pure Land School The Pure Land School Dharma is the most perfect and the most instantaneous, the simplest and the easiest.... >> Amitabha Sutra [HTML] ; Amitabha Sutra [PDF]; Amitabha Sutra [MP3]** >> Great Strength Bodhisattva's Perfect Penetration (from the Shurangama Sutra) [MP3] >> Pure Land Dharma Talks--Ven. Master Hsuan Hua's instructions during the 1972 Buddha recitation session... >> The Land of Ultimate Bliss Is Right Before Our Eyes >> Buddha Root Farm text [HTM] as well as the audio files (with instantaneous English translation by on-site translators): Ven. Master Hsuan Hua's instructions on Buddha Recitation given at a 7-day outdoor Amitabha Session held in 1975 in the mountains of Oregon >> >> >> >> >> *Om Mani Padme Hum* >>

Namo Amitofo!

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