Namo Amitofo

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Comment by Sherab Zangmo - Leigh Taylor on May 16, 2008 at 3:43am

Ahhh! Sifu's teaching on Bodhicitta is so beautiful and inspiring.
May we all become perfect Bodhi beings and all beings rest in comfort and ease
'thanks for sharing it!
much love xx

Comment by Zi Zhui on May 3, 2008 at 7:39am

Thus I have heard once as the Master Hui Re gave his teachings on generating Bodhichitta (a brief summary of a teaching on 20 April 2008):

1 Always maintain the characteristics of a Bodhisattva

Remind yourselves that selfishness is not the characteristic of a Bodhisattva. In this regard you should think of yourself as a Dragon (the most ferocious beast known to man) in the Ocean (who rules a vast domain), rather than a frog in a pond (who rules a tiny realm). You should therefore as a practitioner generate the thought to benefit ALL people and not only some.

2 All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas call you to their rank

3 Develop a lot of compassion for other sentient beings so that you can take away their suffering.

Compassion is the first step towards becoming a bodhisattva. One need to develop loving-kindness by;
(i) Experiencing it;
(ii) Wishing others to be free from suffering;
(iii) Put loving-kindness into place I your life.

4 Have vigour!

Work life after life to relieve suffering of other sentient beings, but despite the amount of suffering one should not give up showing compassion and loving- kindness.

The Powers that helps one to generate Bodhichitta

First power – your own heart; the strong wish to experience it.

Second power – assistance of a (i) teacher and the (ii) Buddha (Amitabha). It will let you become like a tiger with horns. Very strong indeed.

Third power – Power from the past due to karmic imprints.

May everybody be happy;
May everybody be well;
May everybody progress

Namo Amitoufo!
Namo Amitoufo

Comment by Ben Le on April 24, 2008 at 3:03am

Namo Amitofo to that Andreas.

Comment by Andreas on April 23, 2008 at 11:25pm

84,000 Dharma doors is Infinite in 1 Namo Amitofo

Comment by Ben Le on April 13, 2008 at 11:07pm

I guess we are all too busy doing our prostrations every morning and reciting with every breath!
:)
I hope so...