to be always pure and kind
Pure means unadulterated, without any mixture; Goodness means being kind. Generally, it means purely doing good deeds, being completely virtuous, without any evil mixed in. The Master said:'A pure and good nature shows a cheerful face,That is why one deserves to be a Buddhist.' (Khuyến Thiện, Vol.5)
Zhou and Jie
Looking back at the sentient beings struggling in the sea of worldly suffering, from one disaster to another without end, it is no different from the time of Jie and Zhou, when the people had to lament and cry in sorrow, under the harsh rule of those two kings. Because Jie and Zhou were too...
Zhou Zhao Di
HOUSE OF KING ZHAO OF ZHOU: That is King Zhao, named Ha, son of King Kuang of the Zhou dynasty in China. According to the book “Chronicles of Zhou Poetry”, King Zhao reigned over the Zhou dynasty until the 24th year, which was the year of the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in India. At that...
