Jade Crescent
NGOC KHUYET TEMPLE: A temple in the upper realm (heavenly realm) where the Jade Emperor resides. Moreover, at Ngoc Khuyet Temple, the Jade Emperor feels compassion for sentient beings in the earthly realm. Because suffering is imminent, they continue to chase after outwardly flashy beauty: worrying about decorating themselves with pure gold, makeup, fine silks…...
Jade Emperor
Ông Trời (lit. 'old man sky/heaven'), commonly referred to as Trời ("sky, heaven"lit. 'sky, heaven'), is one of the most important gods in traditional Vietnamese folk religion. Later, due to the influence of Taoism, he was merged and identified with the Jade Emperor, so he was called the Ngọc Hoàng Thượng Đế, often referred to as Ngọc...
joss papers
It is often seen during vegetarian ceremonies at temples that the masters make offerings, display banners and towers of prayer papers, offer seeds, offer paper horses, and so on… All of these are then burned, with the claim that the number of horse seeds on the paper will be carried to the West to report...
On scriptural forests, few have a good grip
Long ago, the Buddha taught countless scriptures, as vast as the forest and the ocean, yet nowadays, only a few people actually understand their meaning. This is because His great disciples recorded everything in Sanskrit. Although the patriarchs and masters translated them into Chinese or Vietnamese, most people focus on reciting and praising the texts...
