In what appears to be a long time ago, in the summer of 1990, a friend drew our attention to a manuscript anthologizing the teachings of two eminent Chinese masters of the sixteenth century. We recall reading through the text with keen interest, hoping that it would soon become widely available. • The matter then skipped our minds as we busied ourselves, in the intervening years, with editing...
Note to the reader. This is an electronic version of the book "Pure-Land Zen, Zen Pure-Land" (second edition 1993∗), which is a translation of selected passages from the letters of Elder Master Yin Kuang, the Thirteenth Patriarch of Pure Land. The original Chinese titles are Yin Kuang Fa Shih Wen Ch'ao and Yin Kuang Ta Shih Chia Yen Lu.
This is Venerable Master Chin Kung's commentary on Liao Fan's Four Lessons, a true life account of a man whose diligent cultivation of morality and good deeds significantly changed his fate for the better. Also, the Great Master Yin Guang spared no effort to print this book in addition to the Kan Ying Pien and Yin Chih Wen. Hence, this book is a must read for everyone.
This book presents the teachings and major tenets of Pure Land, as seen from the perspective of two major sister schools: Zen and T'ien T'ai (Lotus School).2 Further insights, from the viewpoint of a contemporary Pure Land Master, are included in the Appendix. The principal teachings of the Pure Land School are summarized below, for the benefit of readers.
This short introduction of the Life of the Buddha, rendered as Part I of a two volume work, was compiled by the Rev. Siri Dhamma when he was a novice monk in the Brickfields Buddhist Temple. After the script had been completed. the Venerable H. Guna ratna and Mr. Lim Eng Chuan, went through the details and each gave suggestions and ideas which had since then, been incorporated and used to...