The 2nd Gyalpo Rinpoche comes to Hong Kong for 2023’s pujas and speaks to BDG for an exclusive interview
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Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Compassionate Silence Over Hollow Karmic Answers
Why “compassionate silence” is better than karma when answering the grief and pain of a natural disaster
Like Snowflakes Falling into a Burning Furnace, Doubts About Rebirth Are Instantly Eliminated
The furnace of burning away doubts about rebirth in the Pure Land
In Review: “Threads of Awakening,” “Rebirth”
Here are some books I’m reviewing or have recently reviewed.
Where There Is Love
Master Jingzong; English translation by Foyuan, edited by Jingxing When you have love, you have everything. Where there is love, there is satisfaction. That means all needs and wants are met. Just as water flowing into a deep pool fills every crack of its bed. It will first fill the most hidden and invisible crannies. […]
Embrace your advantages and deploy your blessings for the good of others
Every day I choose a quote from a Buddhist source that runs on the homepage of Buddhistdoor Global. Tuesday’s theme is Pure Land-inspired, and today I picked one that seemed particularly thought-provoking to me: “Being born as a human, having heard of the Buddhist teachings, and encountered with the unsurpassed great teaching of Amitabha’s deliverance, […]
What Happens to Our Karma If We Fall Into a Black Hole?
Crossing the event horizon of a black hole (astrophysical bodies born from the inward collapse of a massive star) means no coming back, because a black hole is not just an invisible object, but the collection of happenings that we, who are outside of the black hole, say don’t happen at all. This extraordinary and literal […]
A Message from Amitabha Buddha to All Sentient Beings
From On Love A Discourse by Dharma Master Huijing Pure Land Buddhism Amitabha-Recitation Society, December 23 and 27, 2015 The Sutra of Infinite Life and Splendor says: May sentient beings caught in the various realms of rebirth be reborn soon in my land, so they can enjoy peace and happiness. Exercising compassion constantly to save all beings, I will […]
On Exploring Karma and Rebirth by Nagapriya
Graham Lock As some people said they liked my review of David Loy’s book (well, two people actually), I thought I would again present some musings on what I have been reading. Nagapriya’s Exploring Karma and Rebirth is not a new book (it was published in 2004), but I came across it only recently in […]