qingfeng How to Choose Your Diet 1. For the cultivation and realization of the Buddha Dharma, eating a vegetarian diet is naturally the best choice. First, vegetarian food contains pure energy (qi). It helps keep our energy channels pure, making it easier to open and transform these channels during physiological shifts in our practice. Second, as … Read more
Correctly Handling Sexual Life Throughout the entire process of the cultivation and realization of the Buddha Dharma, apart from short periods of retreat where celibacy is required, having a normal, regular sex life does not hinder our ultimate liberation as lay practitioners. For practitioners cultivating at home, disharmony in sexual life is actually a major … Read more
Opening the Heart to Resolve Family Conflicts If you have a spouse who is a fellow practitioner, that is because your merit and blessings have allowed your positive karmic connections to ripen. In that case, the resistance to your practice will be much smaller. However, most lay practitioners face opposition and obstruction from their family … Read more
Cultivation Requires Accumulating Vast Merit; The Entire Journey to Perfect Practice is a Process of Continuously Accumulating and Perfecting Merit Merit is the provision for practitioners. Without merit, there are too many obstacles on our path of practice. Almost everything around us becomes an adverse condition, and we cannot get any help from others regarding … Read more
Part I: My Journey of Spiritual Cultivation I. The Origin of My Path II. The Journey of Spiritual Cultivation Part 2: Reflections on Practice for Laypeople Part 3: Methods of Cultivation and Realization Postscript: Reflections on the Spiritual Journey
Water Flows, Flowers Bloom — Master Yang Ning has not written an autobiography. This can be considered a partial account of her personal journey, covering a major turning point in her spiritual path. Born in 1968, Master Yang Ning began her practice at age 23 (1991). She experienced immediate awakening during meditation upon first meeting … Read more
As she jumped, something in her chest shattered with a “Crack.” Looking down, she saw her “Ego-attachment” had broken. Instantly, ten thousand rays of golden light erupted from her body; she had become an “Indestructible Vajra Body.” The mushroom-shaped toxic clouds were purified or dispersed upon contact with her body. Entering the Sea of Suffering, … Read more
After an unknown time, she felt a cool breeze on her face. Opening her eyes, she found herself lying on a giant lotus. She sat up and saw an ocean of lotuses. Nearby, Duozhi sat on a lotus with his eyes closed, his body emitting flickering light, with poison rising from him like steam. She … Read more
Just as Dabei and Duozhi emerged from the cave entrance, they were immediately struck by a blinding, intense light that made it impossible to open their eyes. After taking only a few steps, they found themselves completely enveloped in a dazzling white light, unable to get their bearings at all. Suddenly, Duozhi said, “Dabei, I … Read more
Having passed through the Gate of Goodness, she was no longer under demon control, but shadows of the demon world still haunted her. She walked quickly, not daring to relax. Finally, countless caves and thatched huts appeared before her. It was a sharp contrast to the golden magnificence of the Demon World. She had entered … Read more