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Ở đời những kẻ hành động bất chánh, thường dùng đủ cách che giấu thiên hạ, nhưng chỉ được một thời gian rồi cũng bày lộ chân tướng. Đức Thầy nhận thấy có vô số người theo Đạo chỉ tinh tấn được ít lâu rồi thối chuyển, hoặc “bán đồ nhi phế”. Lại có kẻ...

Cõi thế trần, chỉ nơi ở của người sống, ngược lại với cõi âm hay âm phủ, được coi như nơi của người chết . Cả hai cùng nói lên chỗ có ánh sáng mặt trời nơi gọi là dương, còn chỗ người chết cũng có tên là cõi âm,

It was the year 1939, when the people in Vietnam suffered from famine and hardship. In that very year, Đức Huỳnh Giáo Chủ founded His religion he called Pha tGiao Hoa Hao, aka Harmony Buddhism, after the name of His Native Commune, located at Tan Chau towhship, An Giang, now which forms part of the...

This refers to the mind's distinction between self and others. It means the mind distinguishing between people and oneself, and between what belongs to others and what belongs to oneself, in terms of superiority, inferiority, and worth. This distinction is as follows: Self: The mind distinguishes between oneself and others, wanting others to always follow...

Form and emptiness are fundamentally the same essence, like waves and water. Thus, the phrase “seeking the word of form and emptiness” refers to realizing the “true nature of one’s own original reality.” The Master once taught: “Only by seeking the void can one truly have” (Folk Verses, Vol. 2) and: “Form is emptiness, emptiness...

The word willow mai here means to comprehend the mystery of the Dharma, or only thanks to persistent practice does the practitioner eventually reach full enlightenment.

Cholera, also known as the common cold with vomiting and diarrhea, is very difficult to cure. The monk selling sweet potatoes said: "To die without uttering a last word is to call upon the plague and bring about misery." The Master said: "In the underworld, the spirits of the plague and disease are waiting for...

Six Realms (Liùfán); C: liùfán; J: rokubon; The six realms of ordinary beings (unawakened beings) in the Ten Realms (十界): Hell, Hungry Ghosts, Animals, Asuras, Humans, Gods, and the Four Noble Ones (四聖) which comprise four ranks of sainthood: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Arhats.

Peaches planted in the land of the Immortals; legend has it that those who eat them will live a long life and become Immortals. This means that when Cử Đa attained the Tao, he was rewarded with fairy peaches.

徳, Virtue: Good qualities, rules that people must follow. Virtue, behavior, intention, belief, mind. An: 1. (Noun) Thank you. ◎Like: “great grace, great virtue” 大恩大德 great gratitude and great virtue. 恩 Love. ◎Like: “love” 恩情 love, “love” 恩愛 love. 3. (Adjective) Having grace and virtue. ◎Like: “to save the life of a benefactor” 救命恩人 a person who has contributed to prevent death. 4....