2022
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Zen’s Voyage from India to China
Zen’s Voyage from India to China Jan /7/ 2023 – Jan / 8/ 2023 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. As we all known, Buddha started his Dharma teaching since 2500 year ago, the Flower Sermon is about his student whose name is Maha Kasyapa got the special transmission outside of the scripture from the Buddha Sakyamuni. After Buddha’s nirvana, his Arhat disciples gathered in a Cave that only Arhat can enter recited Buddha’s teaching and wrote them down, which created the oriental Buddhism transcriptions. Around 500 AD, the Zen transmission has been passed on 28th generation. The descendant of this generation is also…
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Dharma Talk:The Flower Sermon
The Flower Sermon Dec /17/ 2022 – Dec / 18/ 2022 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. After the enlightenment of Buddha, once in the Gridhakutta Dharma gathering, the Brahma, the lord of the Saha world, whose name is Fangguang, wearing his heavens embroidered cloths with dazzling canopies and tassels, his glorying imperial crown on his head, his family and subjects were to follow after, everyone dressed up formally and gorgeous. The celestial flying nymphs were dancing gracefully; they dropped the white lotus from the sky; the scent was overflowing and spreading nimble music. Lord Fangguang was standing there, put his palms together devoutly…
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Trin Guhyani Being Oneness
Trin Guhyani Being Oneness Dec /10/ 2022-Dec / 11/ 2022 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center.Today we are going to though the last part of this month’s topic “secret Dharma”. In the first three weeks, we crash-then-law, discussed what exactly the secret Dharma is, what is the secret of Buddha’s teaching, and how can we make wonderful use of it. We believe that everyone is very much looking forward to today’s lecture—we have to talk about how to practice secrecy after so many theory teaching. There we go, let’s start from here. Buddhist often say: “Trin guhyani are the oneness”, but what exactly Trin…
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Secret Dharma is in Wonderful Functions
Secret Dharma is in Wonderful Functions Dec /03/ 2022 – Dec /04/ 2022 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. Last week, we talked about why there is no secret from Buddha’s secret teaching, we discussed the most important secret Dharma from Buddha Sakyamuni and how to sense the secret of Zen, of Pure Land Dharma. We also learned about the relationship between the Zen, Pure Land Dharma and Buddha’s speechless teaching. Some people said, since the secret teachings from Buddha actually have no secret at all, then what is the significant meaning of it? In other words, why we need the secret teachings from…
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The Secret Teachings from Buddha Actually Has No Secret At All
The Secret Teachings from Buddha Actually Has No Secret At All Nov /26/ 2022 – Nov / 27/ 2022 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center.We started a new topic from last week, which is the secret Dharma from Buddha Sakyamuni, we discussed the history of Esoteric Buddhism, and it’s currently developing. We also analyzed why the Esoteric Buddhism practice is so prevalent in China and understood that the so-called Esoteric Buddhism practice is not the secret teaching from Buddha. Some people might ask, then what it is? What is the secret teaching from Buddha Sakyamuni? In which Sutra? Who took the secret from Buddha…
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Esoteric Buddhism is not Buddha’s Secret Dharma
Esoteric Buddhism is not Buddha’s Secret Dharma Nov /19/ 2022 – Nov / 20/ 2022 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center.we are going to talk about Buddha’s speechless teachingtoday. Some people assume that we will talk about god and ghost, all kinds of secret or wired cultivation method now, well, this is sort of the regular opinion for most people, even the Buddhism practitioners, they think esoteric Buddhism is the Buddha’s speechless teaching, is theurgy, is following root guru without keeping any precepts and more efficient than those down-to-earth efforts. We do not judge it first; let’s see what esoteric Buddhism school is. Tantra,…
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How to perform in accordance with the Tao
How to perform in accordance with the Tao Nov / 12 /2022 – Nov / 13/ 2022 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. In last couple weeks we discussed perform according to the Tao, where does Tao come from, the significance of performing in accordance with the Tao, so today we are going to talk how to perform in accordance with the Tao. Tao is the law of the universe; it is the path to cultivate the mind and heart; Tao is the path from this shore to the other shore, a process of cleansing, purification, sublimation, and ascension of our body and soul.…
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The significance of performing in accordance with the Tao
The significance of performing in accordance with the Tao Nov / 05 /2022 – Nov / 06 / 2022 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. In last couple weeks we discussed perform according to the Tao, where does Tao come from, today we are going to a new section: the significance of performing in accordance with the Tao. Performing in accordance with the Tao.is to follow the laws of the universe, purify ourselves, and return to the origin. The premise is that there is being egoless and unconditioned, willing to purify, to change, and conform to the laws of the universe. So, the…
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Where does Tao come from
Where does Tao come from Oct / 29 / 2022 US Oct / 30 / 2022 CN Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center.Last week we started a new topic, perform according to the Tao. We discussed what is Tao and this week we will continue and see more about where does Tao come from. In the Flower Sermon, the Gridhakutta Dharma gathering, the Brahma, the lord of the Saha world, whose name is Fangguang, was standing there, put his palms together devoutly when he saw Buddha was coming, he made a respectful bow, knee down and prostrated himself before Buddha’s feet. He stood up…
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Performing in accordance with the Tao
Performing in accordance with the Tao Oct / 22 / 2022 – Oct / 23 / 2022 Hello everyone, welcome to our Dharma talk at Dharma Rain Meditation Center. For any beings who want to raise the level of life, performing according to the Tao is their most important and basic practice. Just as the essence of religions is to explore the relationship between mankind and the universe and discover the meaning of life, performing in accordance with the Tao is the way to these goals. Around 500 BC was a glorious era of human civilization. Buddha Shakyamuni appeared in India, philosophers like Socrates and Heraclitus were born in the…