VAJRA BODHI SEA

May 1979, Mahayana 3004

Volume IX - Series 22 - NO.108

Swo Pe He

      Bodhisattvas to Ganges River's sands in number riding astride a tortoise's head laugh out, "Ha! ha!" while coursing the sea of dharmas to save us all, so brings and I transcend both self and others.

Issued in May, 1979. Copyright by the Sino-American Buddhist Association.

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VOLUME IX SERIES 22 NUMBER 108.

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Table of Contents
Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs Venerable Manorhita
WONDERFUL DHARMA LOTUS FLOWER SUTRA Parables Chapter
FLOWER ADORNMENT SUTRA PROLOGUE
Sankrit Lesson by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien
Bodhi Mirror Shramanerika Kuo Chung
Bodhi Stand Upasika Kuo Hwang Bui
With One Heart Bowing to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas Letters 
Some Knowledge About Buddhism by Upasaka C.T. Shen
Ch'an Cultivation by Upasaka Kuo K'ung Yu

Front Cover: Chinese Calligraphy by Tripitaka Master Hua

             Photograph by Upasaka Kuo Kuei Nicholson

Back Cover:  Verse by Tripitaka Master Hua

             Translation by Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih

             Calligraphy by Shramanerika Heng Chu
             Chinese Calligraphy by Upasaka  Liu Kuo Chi

             Tracing by Shramanerika Kuo Chung

Technical Assistance: Bhikshuni Heng Hsien, Shramanerika Kuo Chung

Layout and Graphics: Upasika Kuo Ts'an Epstein

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1979 ISSUE #108

Published by: THE SINO-AMERICAN BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION

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