2023
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Taking the Precepts as Your Master
Taking the Precepts as Your MasterApr /1/ 2023 – Apr / 2/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Great Thunder Meditation Center. The Shurangama Sutra says: Controlling your heart as the precepts, reaching the samadhi due to the precepts and getting the wisdom because of samadhi. We call it Three Non-Outflow studies. In April, May and June, we will discuss the precepts, samadhi and wisdom. It is well-known that the precepts, samadhi and wisdom is a summary of the Eightfold Path. They are three weapons to deal with desire, anger and ignorance, helping people ultimately relieve the afflictions and attain nirvana. The three are mutually reinforcing and…
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Trin Guhyani Being Oneness
Trin Guhyani Being OnenessMar /25/ 2023–Mar/ 26/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Great Thunder Meditation Center. Buddhist often say: “Trin guhyani are the oneness”, but what exactly Trin guhyani are? According to the Mahā ratna kūṭa sūtra, Bodhisattva jiyi asked Guhyapada: “how many secret Dharma does Buddha have?” Guhyapada answered:” listen without your idiot thoughts, think about it after you hear it, I am going to tell you Buddha’s secret Dharma now, it has three kinds of secret, one is kaya -guhya , two is vag -guhya , three is mano -guhya.” After that, Guhyapada talked about the meaning of three different secret Dharma: kaya -guhya…
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The Secret Teachings from Buddha Actually Has No Secret At All
The Secret Teachings from Buddha Actually Has No Secret At AllMar /18/ 2023 – Mar/ 19/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Great Thunder Meditation Center. We analyzed why the Esoteric Buddhism practice is so prevalent in China and understood that the so-called Esoteric Buddhism practice is not the secret teaching from Buddha. Some people might ask, then what it is? What is the secret teaching from Buddha Shakyamuni? In which Sutra? Who took the secret from Buddha and who is keeping those secrets? Quite good questions, let us just start from here and talk about what is the secret Dharma and what is the secret teaching…
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Secret Dharma is in Wonderful Functions
Secret Dharma is in Wonderful FunctionsMar /11/ 2023 – Mar/ 12/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Great Thunder Meditation Center. Some people said, since the secret teachings from Buddha actually have no secret at all, then what is the significant meaning of it? In other words, why we need the secret teachings from Buddha, and how can we use it for practice? This is the topic we will discuss today. As we said before, the way we practice Dharma is to go to the resource of the river to learn the teachings from Sakyamuni Buddha, to learn the noble behaviour of Buddha. Today, we will study Buddha’s…
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Esoteric Buddhism is not Buddha’s Secret Dharma
Esoteric Buddhism is not Buddha’s Secret DharmaMar /4/ 2023 – Mar/ 5/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Great Thunder Meditation Center. Talking about Esoteric Buddhism, Some people assume that we will talk about god and ghost, all kinds of secret or wired cultivation method now, well, this is sort of the regular opinion for most people, even the Buddhism practitioners, they think esoteric Buddhism is the Buddha’s speechless teaching, is theurgy, is following root guru without keeping any precepts and more efficient than those down-to-earth efforts. We do not judge it first; let’s see what esoteric Buddhism school is. Tantra, also known as Vajrayana, is…
