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    Dear Shaolin Wahnam family,

    A wonderful book of Buddha's teachings can be found below which includes the five sutras (The Heart, The Diamond, The Lotus, Introduction to Lotus Sutra called Innumerable Meanings and the conclusion Sutra of Meditation on Samanthabhadra' :

    'The Heart, The Diamond, and The Lotus Sutra Important teachings of the Buddha on awakening and enlightenment'


    The book is available to purchase via 'Amazon':



    "In Forty years and more, the truth has not been revealed yet."

    "Good sons! A Bodhisattva, if he practices completely the doctrine of Innumerable Meanings like this, will soon accomplish Perfect Enlightenment without fail. Good sons! The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, such a profound and supreme Great-vehicle, is reasonable in its logic, unsurpassed in its worth, and protected by all the Buddhas of the three worlds. No kind of demon or heretic can break into it, nor can any wrong view of life and death destroy it. Therefore good sons! Bodhisattva-mahasattvas, if you want to accomplish supreme Buddha hood quickly, you should learn and master the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, such a profound and supreme great vehicle. "


    Homage to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas!

    With Love & Blessings,
    Parveen
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    “So I say to you –
    This is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world:”

    “Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream;
    Like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
    Or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a dream.”

    “So is all conditioned existence to be seen.”

    Thus spoke Buddha.

  • #2
    Thank you for sharing, Veenie. Do you know who the translator/editor is?
    Love, and do what you will.

    - St. Augustine

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    • #3
      Hi brother Andrew,

      It says the author is 'The Buddha'

      The publisher is François Lépine.

      Warm wishes,

      Parveen
      “So I say to you –
      This is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world:”

      “Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream;
      Like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
      Or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a dream.”

      “So is all conditioned existence to be seen.”

      Thus spoke Buddha.

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      • #4
        Thank you, sister Veenie.

        These three texts have all had significant impacts on my inner progress. The Lotus Sutra in particular is an incredible treasure trove of blessings.

        Like a drop of dew,
        An-d(r)ew
        Love, and do what you will.

        - St. Augustine

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        • #5
          Just as among all the bodies of water - brooks, streams, rivers and others - the ocean is supreme, so too this Dharma Flower Sutra is the most profound and the greatest among all the sutras preached by tathagatas.
          -From The Lotus Sutra
          Love, and do what you will.

          - St. Augustine

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          • #6
            Inexhaustible Mind Bodhisattva said to the Buddha: "World-Honored One, now I should make an offering to Regarder of the Cries of the World Bodhisattva." Then he took from his neck a necklace of many valuable gems worth a hundred thousand pieces of gold and presented it to him, saying: "Benevolent One, accept this necklace of valuable gems as a Dharma gift." But Regarder of the Cries of the World Bodhisattva would not accept it then. Again Inexhaustible Mind Bodhisattva said to Regarder of the Cries of the World Bodhisattva: "Benevolent One, out of sympathy for us, accept this necklace."

            Then the Buddha said to Regarder of the Cries of the World Bodhisattva: "Out of sympathy for this Inexuastible Mind Bodhisattva, for the four groups, and for the gods, dragons, satyrs, centaurs, asuras, griffins, chimeras, pythons, humans, nonhumans, and others, you should accept this necklace."

            Then Regarder of the Cries of the World Bodhisattva, out of sympathy for the four groups, and for the gods, dragons, humans, nonhumans, and others, accepted the necklace, and dividing it into two parts, offered one part to Shakyamuni Buddha and the other to the stupa of Abundant Treasures Buddha.
            -From The Lotus Sutra
            Love, and do what you will.

            - St. Augustine

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            • #7
              Thank you brother Andrew for sharing quotes from the Lotus Sutra.

              Life is Beautiful

              Thank you to Sifu for transmitting the teachings and opening our hearts to receive the wonderful blessings.

              Love & Blessings,

              Parveen
              “So I say to you –
              This is how to contemplate our conditioned existence in this fleeting world:”

              “Like a tiny drop of dew, or a bubble floating in a stream;
              Like a flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
              Or a flickering lamp, an illusion, a phantom, or a dream.”

              “So is all conditioned existence to be seen.”

              Thus spoke Buddha.

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              • #8
                Devadatta

                There is a chapter in the Lotus Sutra that talks about Devadatta, a person known in Buddhism for representing great evil. Some background:

                Devadatta was a cousin of the Buddha, but as is well chronicled in stories of the life of the Buddha, he was a most wicked and cruel man. He was jealous of the fact that Shakyamuni was looked up to as the Buddha and adored by many people. Being ambitious to take the place of the Buddha, he often set traps for the Buddha by slandering and defaming him. He even attempted several times to kill the Buddha. Once he rolled a boulder down onto a road when the Buddha was passing; once he tried to make an elephant drunk so that it would run amok and attack the Buddha; once he administered poison to Shakyamuni; once he shot at the Buddha with his bow.
                - http://www.rk-world.org/publications...today_B12.aspx

                Despite Devadatta's disrespectful behavior, Shakyamuni Buddha never cast him out of the Sangha. From what I've read, only once did Shakyamuni Buddha speak firmly to Devadatta in an attempt to shake him out of his ways.
                Love, and do what you will.

                - St. Augustine

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