All sentient beings can equally realize the fruit of Buddhood. The importance and significance of this insight for those practicing the Buddha Dharma is self-evident. Any practitioner who hears this Dharma, believes in it, and practices it will sooner or later become a Buddha. The fruit of Buddhood is not something we “create” through practice; … Read more
The Lotus Sutra teaches: In the Mahayana canon, the Lotus Sutra is known as the “King of Sutras” and the “Foremost of all Scriptures.” This is because the “original face” of every sentient being is the Buddha; all beings possess the Buddha-nature. By hearing the Dharma, breaking through attachments, and uncovering their inherent Buddha-nature, they … Read more
Chapter 1. The differences between Believing in Buddhism, Learning Buddhism and Cultivating Buddhism Chapter 2. The Truth of Cultivating and Realizing Buddhism Chapter 3. How to cultivate and realize Buddhist Dharma？
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
Now let’s introduce some important principles of Buddhism. When we start to learn Buddhism, there are some fundamental concepts we need to know. How does Buddhism explain the formation of the universe? It uses the concept of “the interdependent origination is empty in nature” to explain everything created in the universe. At Buddha’s time, he … Read more
The 3rd. accumulation of merits The third method is called the accumulation of merits. How does the accumulation of merits help us? During cultivation, only when our power of concentration enters the state of “forgetting self” can our energy be transformed into light and can we attain Samadhi. Thus, we can cross these three areas. … Read more
How to break and go beyond emotional and sexual desire There is a sequence on the path of breaking and going beyond emotional and sexual desire. How can we break and go beyond the exterior temptation of our body and mind? First, we start to cultivate “being aware but unaffected and immovable”. This means that … Read more
2. watching over your breathing Another method is “watching over your breathing”. “Watching over your breathing” and counting your breath are two different methods. “Watching over your breathing” is called the Ānāpānasati Sutta. This means that you are very clearly aware of your breathing state. This is called “watching over breathing”. For example, now you … Read more
Before the break, I was explaining how to enter the area of true vacuum space from the area of matter. How can we cultivate to detach from all the traps and attachments of the area of matter, the area of light and sound, and the area of undulation? Because our current position is in the … Read more
Chapter 3. How to cultivate and realize Buddhist Dharma Up to now, I have explained mainly the true form of cultivating Buddhism. Indeed, what is cultivating and realizing Buddhist Dharma? It’s a movement from not being attached to anything, to attaining the area of true vacuum space. We also mentioned “go beyond and breaking”. The … Read more