VAJRA BODHI SEA

February 1979, Mahayana 3004

Volume IX - Series 21 - NO.105

Pe Ye Mwo Nwo

     The Vajra pestle grinds to bits all the hordes of demons. Lotus Flower counting-beads remind one of the Buddhas. Thunder claps shock awake those stupid and confused. Aroused from dreams they come back home where one word is too many.

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Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs 19th Indian Patriarch Kumarata
WONDERFUL DHARMA LOTUS FLOWER SUTRA
FLOWER ADORNMENT SUTRA PROLOGUE
Bodhi Mirror Dharma Master Yao Sheng
Bodhi Stand Upasaka Dong H. Cao
Sanskrit Lesson by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien
Science and a Renaissance of Faith  by Upasaka Kuo Chou Rounds
With One Heart Bowing letter from Dharma Master Heng Sure
News from the Dharma Realm Cardinal Yu Pin, Mayor Moscone, Supervisor Milk Honored in Memorial Service

VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Upasaka C.T. Shen

President of Vajra Bodhi Sea: Upasika Phuong Kuo Wu

Vice President of VBS: Professor Hsing Tsun Lee

Advisors:  Bhikshu Heng Kuan, Bhikshunis Heng Yin and Heng Hsien, Professors Yu Kuo Kung, Wu-yi and Kuo Jung Epstein
Distributor: Bhikshu Heng Shun

Editor-in-Chief: Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih

Editors: Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ing and Shrmanerika Kuo Jing

Editor to Chinese: Upasaka Liu Kuo Chi

 

Front Cover: Chinese Calligraphy by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
             Photograph by Upasaka Liu Kuo Chi

Back Cover:  Verse by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

             Chinese Calligraphy by Upasaka  Liu Kuo Chi

             English Lettering by Stuart Henderson

 

Technical Assistance: Bhikshuni Heng Hsien; Shramanerika Heng Cheng, Kuo Chung; Upasika Kuo Shan Anderson.

 

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1979 CALENDAR OF HOLIDAYS

lunar    solar   holiday

12/8     1/6     Shakyamuni Buddha accomplished the way

12/15    1/13    full moon

1/1      1/28    Maitreya Bodhisattva's birthday. Lunar New Year

1/15     2/11    full moon

2/1      1/27    new moon

2/8      3/6     Shakyamuni Buddha left the home-life

2/15     3/13    Shakyamuni Buddha's Nirvana. Full moon

2/19     3/17    Avalokiteshvara (Kuan Yin) Bodhisattva's birthday

2/21     3/19    Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's birthday

3/1      3/28    new moon

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Cover and Graphics: Gary Horn Graphics, San Mateo