Guidance

Teacher's Teachings, recorded and transcribed by Namo Amituofo’s disciple, Venerable HaiZe

23 May 2026

Teachings by Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju:

Walking in this world, one needs a direction so that the heart has a place to return to,

and one also needs guidance, so as not to become lost along the way.

In practice, first recognise the direction clearly:

Seek to be free from the sufferings of samsara, seek to be free from the sufferings of aging, sickness, and death, seek to free oneself from suffering, and may the beings upon one's body also be free from suffering,

may all those connected by karmic affinity be free from suffering, and seek rebirth in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss; this is the final life;

Understand the suffering throughout your many lives, and do not enter into samsara again,

may you enter a place of peace, focus on seeking the Buddha's path, realise your true nature and attain Buddhahood, and complete the Buddha's path.

What is the guidance for Pure Land practice?

It is the Buddha or Bodhisattva,

At this time, where Namo Amituofo abides:

Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia; the Teacher also abides here,

it is a beacon of light for the human world, and it is the guidance for entering the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Infinite Life Sutra (The Buddha Speaks the Mahayana, Infinite Life, Adornment, Purity, Impartiality, and Enlightenment Sutra)

is the sutra spoken by the World-Honoured One, Shakyamuni Buddha,

and it is the guidance from the World-Honoured One and Namo Amituofo to Buddhist practitioners, those who chant Buddha's name, practitioners, and sentient beings in the Dharma realm.

Messages from Namo Amituofo’s Heart is the guidance from Namo Amituofo to Buddhist practitioners, those who chant Buddha's name, practitioners,

the fourfold assembly of Hsiang Kuang and sentient beings in the Dharma realm.

The Collection of Teachings by Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju is the Teacher's guidance to Buddhist practitioners, those who chant Buddha's name,

practitioners, the fourfold assembly of Hsiang Kuang and sentient beings in the Dharma realm.

The treatises of the Pure Land ancestral masters and venerable masters are the guidance for the masses.

Practitioner Su, who has realised his true nature, is one who has realised his true nature through self-effort, diligent practice in the human world, and the Buddha's blessings,

and is the guidance for practitioners.

Practitioner Su's lectures are further guidance for actual practice.

The above is the guidance for Pure Land practice; I hope the fourfold assembly will learn and practise accordingly, and you will surely succeed.

Namo Amituofo