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Amitabha Buddha Mantra Mandala Sketching

on having no thought of killing, and not eating meat. ”Your basic purpose in cultivating samadhi is to transcend the wearisome defilements. But if you do not renounce your thoughts of killing, you will not be able to get out of the dust. 6:20 ”Even though one may have some wisdom and the manifestation of Chan samadhi, one is certain to enter the path of spirits if one does not cease killing. At best, a person will become a mighty ghost; on the average, one will become a flying yaksha, a ghost leader, or the like; at the lowest level, one will become an earth-bound rakshasa. 6:21 ”These ghosts and spirits have their groups of disciples. Each says of himself that he has accomplished the Unsurpassed Way. 6:22 ”After my extinction, in the Dharma-ending Age, these hordes of ghosts and spirits will abound, spreading like wildfire as they argue that eating meat will bring one to the Bodhi Way. 6:22 ”Ananda, I permit the Bhikshus to eat five kinds of pure meat. This meat is actually a transformation brought into being by my spiritual powers. It basically has no life-force. You Brahmans live in a climate so hot and humid,… Read More

It’s very important to know how to breathe well. Indeed, by breathing well, all things are done well. One aspect is to breathe out completely, and to breathe in slowly. Natural breathing is the key and the goal; next to this is to consciously breathe. . . Consciously breathing is practice and skill. Pranayam which means “control of breath” teaches that when the breath is controlled, the world is controlled… This is like realizing Buddha nature, which along-with wisdom and peace, has many Siddhis… Wisdom is boundless like an ocean; there is no limit to it, it is limitless and infinite. In the same way, experience is like this; and the expansiveness of wisdom is boundless and endless. Life and experience in this “other world” are boundless and infinite. Everyone should explore in their own way; taking their own experience and understanding for guide. Breath is connected to all life, and to be mindful and ever skillful and improving in breath, the whole of life can improve, and peacefulness and many aspects of life can be perfected, or – improved upon indefinitely. TO mindfully improve all of these skills, incrementally and with a view to the whole; is a wonderful… Read More

Sutras are records of teachings given by the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. The Buddha’s discourses were memorized by his disciples and later written down in various languages, the complete collections of teachings being in Pali and Sanskrit.