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The mountain peak is located in southern Vietnam. This refers to the Thất Sơn region (Châu Đốc).

People living in the South called "Nam-Phương", meaning the South direction, this refers to Vietnam. It also refers to the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa, one of the four great continents in the Sahā world. The Master once said: "The central realm revolves towards the South,Opening the Investiture to choose loyal and virtuous people." (The Wonderful...

A 'Kệ' is a literary form in the Scriptures, usually with one chapter of the Scripture accompanied by a stanza to praise or elaborate, explaining the meaning in more detail. A stanza has no limit on the number of lines, it can be long or short (see also PHTĐ by Doan Trung Con); for example:...

Only for the Seven Mountain (Bay Nui) region, which is located near the Cambodian-Vietnamese border, the Cambodian people still live around here in large numbers, so it is called Mount Chin (Chin: Chinese pronunciation, Tần in Vietnamese). According to the Buu Son Ky Huong teachings, the noun Qin country refers to the Cambodian country, as...

Only for the Seven Mountain (Bay Nui) region, which is located near the Cambodian-Vietnamese border, the Cambodian people still live around here in large numbers, so it is called Mount Chin (Chin: Chinese pronunciation, Tần in Vietnamese). According to the Buu Son Ky Huong teachings, the noun Qin country refers to the Cambodian country, as...

The failure to uphold the spirit following an improper worship rituals made people forget their duty to resist foreign invaders, allowing the French to invade our country. The patriotic figures during the Nguyễn Era (1862) called the Western European invaders 'White Hordes' (white-skinned people) in these two lines of poetry: 'On the full moon day...

Immersed, rolling forever in the six paths of samsara. The Master once said: "Once submerged, one suffers like in a vicious circle without an exit". (Poem: Autumn at its End). The Master separates the two realms of Heaven and Hell. If anyone knows enlightenment, practices love for others, loves animals, gives alms to living beings,...

Immersed, rolling forever in the six paths of samsara. The Master once said: "Once submerged, one suffers like in a vicious circle without an exit". (Poem: Autumn at its End). The Master separates the two realms of Heaven and Hell. If anyone knows enlightenment, practices love for others, loves animals, gives alms to living beings,...

Tathātā (/ˌtætəˈtɑː/; Sanskrit: तथाता; Pali: tathatā) is a Buddhist term often translated as Thusness or Suchness. It is the intrinsic and essential nature of all existences, free from dualistic thinking, conceptualization, and subject–object distinction.[1] It represents the genuine reality of existence, which transcends physical forms, physical senses, and intellectual comprehension, indicating a profound insight into the nature of things as they truly are.[2][3][4] Commentary on...

The difference between spiritual power and miraculous power lies in the fact that spiritual power is based on wisdom and its purpose is to help others and support the spiritual path, not to create negative karma by relying on evil spirits or deceitful schemes: "Evil sects plot cleverly and secretly, Try to avoid them lest...