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Opening the Heart: A Path to Liberation
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning explores the profound barriers that keep our hearts bound, revealing how attachment to the physical body allows karmic creditors to dictate our emotions, desires, and very lives.
A Single Thought Determines Your Rebirth
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning, a dedicated practitioner who sought deliverance through the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, shares profound insights on the challenges of achieving rebirth in the Western Pure Land. This interview explores why so many long-term practitioners fail to reach the Western Pure Land at the final moment, highlighting the critical importance of resolving karmic debts and letting go of worldly attachments.
The Karmic Price of Arrogance
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning shares a profound revelation regarding the karmic consequences of arrogance, detailing a recent encounter with spirits trapped within the very floor tiles we walk upon, and the urgent need for humility in our daily lives.
A Life in the Blink of an Eye
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning reflects on the fleeting nature of human existence, the weight of karmic retribution, and the urgent necessity of repentance to break the cycle of samsara.
The Healing Power of Right Mindfulness
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning explores the profound connection between our mental states and physical health, explaining how cultivating right mindfulness and compassion can transform our karma and heal the body from within.
The Hidden Worlds Within a Painting
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning, a monastic residing at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, recounts the profound experience of witnessing Practitioner Su’s Dharma Body deliverance as it penetrates deep into hidden dimensions to rescue spirits trapped within the layers of a wall painting.
The Immortal's Lesson in Compassion: An Interview with Venerable Yongning
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
A thousand-year-old immortal, long confined to his own meditative space, discovers the profound difference between solitary practice and the boundless compassion of Practitioner Su's work in saving sentient beings.
The Burden of Knowledge and the Path to Liberation
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning explores how worldly knowledge occupies space within the brain, often hindering spiritual liberation, and explains how the practice of letting go can purify this space.
The Necessity of Delivering Karmic Creditors
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning explains the profound necessity of performing Chao Du for karmic creditors, revealing how these spirits reside within the human body and how Practitioner Su’s Dharma Body facilitates their liberation.
The Immunity of a Selfless Heart
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning explains the profound spiritual and physical difference between living for oneself and living for the sake of all beings, revealing why a selfless heart is the ultimate protection against illness and demonic interference.
The Spirits Carried Upon the Wind
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning discusses the mysterious spirits that arrive at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre on the winds, seeking deliverance from their suffering.
The Hidden Spiritual Dimensions of the Human Brain
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning explores the complex, multi-layered nature of the human brain, revealing the existence of 'Brain Spiritual Space' and the necessity of meditative concentration to achieve true stillness.