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The Sea of Emotion: Teachings from Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju
A Warning to Practitioners on Emotional Entanglements
Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju offers a profound warning on the dangers of emotional entanglements, urging practitioners to cut through the illusions of the heart to secure their path toward the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
The Nature of Emotion and the Path to Awakening
Words of Namo Amituofo
In this profound discourse from the first session of the Thrice Yearning Ceremony, Namo Amituofo explains the nature of emotion, how it binds us to the cycle of rebirth, and how we can transform it into wisdom to achieve liberation.
Transcending the Web of Emotion
Teachings from Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju
Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju provides profound insights into the nature of emotional attachment, explaining how it binds us to the cycle of rebirth and offering a path to true liberation through the practice of chanting Namo Amituofo.
The Nature of Emotion and the Path to Awakening
Teachings from Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju
Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju explains the profound nature of emotion and non-emotion, guiding us from the confusion of the six realms toward the clarity of true awakening.
Transcending Kinship and Emotion
Teachings from Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju
Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju offers profound guidance on the nature of kinship and emotion, urging practitioners to look beyond worldly attachments and focus on the path to awakening.
The Sea of Emotion
A Teaching from Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning reflects on how emotional attachments act as heavy stones, dragging practitioners down into the sea of karma, and how the Dharma serves as the only driftwood capable of saving us.
Breaking the Shackles of Emotion
Teachings from Master Xuanzang
Master Xuanzang explains how emotional attachment acts as a shackle that binds us to the six realms of rebirth, and how we can use the Dharma to find true liberation and rediscover our true self.
What is Emotion? Teachings from Great Master Hong Yi
From the First Session of the Thrice Yearning Ceremony
Great Master Hong Yi offers profound insights into the nature of worldly emotion, the necessity of letting go, and the transformative power of chanting Namo Amituofo to reach the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.