Pureland Practice : My stand
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I think someone mistaken I only scantly bring across
ideas abt Medicine Buddha Pureland
for everyone info
Medicine Buddha visualisation is blue in colour and Amitabha is Red
all this is tantric aspect .How could I be possibly show you the Buddha emit blue colour without the proper lineage teachings
I leave it to one who wish to practise to go and approach the various Kagyu organisation which practise Medicine BUddha Puja
and Some thought i only talk about merit .It becos by Promoting Amitabha Pureland and criticising other Pureland (this is what happen in Sung and Ming Dynasty China ) alot of Patriach got karmic retribution
Our Chinese Mahayana went thru alot of dissent and dying of lineage ,becos we like to be as human Promote one school , slander and criticise the other school
My choice is Pureland of Amitabha , but I shouldnt be imposing to anyone .It should be the principle I upholding in Forum
I am a busy working people , would be willing to answer any question if possible
If I dont practice and recite Medicine Buddha mantra myself , I wont be writing here on forum
similarly for Amitabha Practise
I think sometimes it good to make the point clear
the vast literature of Medicine Buddha and Other Pureland is available on internet as chinese .I was seriously doubting should show it ,becos its too deep for beginner in the forum
If many wish to know more on Medicine Buddha
please use google to search on ven yinshun on Medicine Buddha
its a very tough to understand the Medicine Buddha practise -
This is a true story that happen in Ming Dynasty
Lingzhi Treatise Master of Tientai openly criticise Pureland Buddhism of Amitabha
and soon he stricken with a terrible illness that left him bedridden
reflecting his daily practise ,he isnt a person who did unwholesome practice
but he still cant get well with his repentance
then he realised he slandering Pureland practice which is a heinous act , so he write verses of repentance and his illness recovered -
Its not that I lazy to share of what ...
I review some of the Dharma material that is too deep for beginner
let me quote an example
the 48 vows of Amitabha
If i post it on the Forum , a standard explanation is about 300 words
way too tough for beginner to understand
some of the concept in Pureland is not easily understand
Like the Real Attainment and Splendour Pureland ,one can aspire to go
how is the Pureland like ?and the causes
its very structured according to tientai teaching
when i start pulling out terms like
Tientai definition of faith ,vow and practice
its going to take another few hundreds of post
which the beginner will be overwhelmed by the specificity and exclusivity of every Buddhist terminology
Thats why my stand is dun memorise those thing ,its not important .
What one need to have is the true faith and confidence in Medicine Buddha practice and emulating His 12 Great Vows
and observe 5 precepts
no point memorise all this terms and concept , wont help in ones Buddhahood -
to begin on the those ones .. maybe one can take a look at this url on
the MEdicine Buddha teaching
http://book.bfnn.org/books2/1251.htm
I dun think anyone can understand reading it once
it is written by Ven master Hongyi on Medicine Buddha -
ok amituofu
thank for sharing
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sound interesting.... -
If one look at the title of the URl i given
It is Yao shi fo ze xi
ze xi mean sectional analysis
Author is venerable Master Hongyi of the Vinaya school during Repubican China
this is the commentary based on the translation by Hsuan Tsang
in tientai ,we often speak of the 5fold of overall binding meanings
what are all this 5 ?
the human dharma as as the name .
the true dharma treasure as body
the basis which is the causal ground of the tathagatha
the uses which is shown in the applied merit
the terminology (period ) which is mahayana Vaipulya (fang deng)