Tag Archives: Precepts

The True Body of the Precepts

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Vajragoni

Questioner: “If the essence of all the Buddha’s teachings were contained in the practice of looking directly into one’s nature and attaining Buddhahood, wouldn’t that make the formal practice of keeping the precepts meaningless?”  read more

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Be A Buddha

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Vajragoni

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Precepts 

A certain master of the Precepts School asked: “Doesn’t your Reverence observe the precepts?” read more

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The Signless Precepts

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Vajragoni

Southern School Sudden Doctrine, Supreme Mahayana Great Perfection of Wisdom: The Platform Sutra’ preached by the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng at the la-fan Temple in Shao-do, one roll, recorded by the spreader of the Dharma, the disciple Fa-hai, who at the same time received the Precepts of Formlessness. read more

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