VAJRA BODHI SEA

July 1980, Mahayana 3005

Volume XI - Series 25 - No.122

Je ji la e syi two ye

All are received in the presence of the Enlightened King, with the Dharma of ending birth, setting foot on the other shore. Seeing his form, hearing his name saves one from the spaceless hells, through his samadhi of physical manifestation throughout the three thousand worlds.

A Monthly Journal of Orthodox Buddhism

Issued in July, 1980. Copyright c by the Sino-American Buddhist Association, Inc. Mahayana 3005. Volume xi series 25 number 122. Vajra Bodhi Sea (USPS 347-110) International Periodical Number ISSN 0507-6986.

English Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs....9th T'ien T'ai Patriarch Tao Sui

Dharma Flower Sutra, Chapter 3

Flower Adornment Prologue

Ch'an Cultivation.....by Upasaka Yu Kuo K'ung

Bodhi Mirror.....Venerable Boyagoda Sobitha Thero

So That People May Be Delivered....narrative by Wong Sung-chee

Noble Eight-fold Path.....by Bhikshu Heng K'ung

Three Steps One Bow. ... letters from Dharma Masters Heng Sure and Heng Ch'au

Cultivating the Bodhi Path.....by Master Hua

Bodhi Stand.....Upasaka Woo Kuo Foong

The Mind and Its Subsequent States..........by Dr. Ratanasara

Sanskrit Lesson........Amitabha Sutra.....by Dharma Master Heng Hsien

Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun..by Master Hua

News from the Dharma Realm
          Heal the Earth
     Earth Store Bodhisattva Session
     Tomorrow..... by Master Hua

SERIES: Earth The white of the cover represents metal; the yellow represents earth.
        creates Metal comes forth out of the earth.
        Metal:

Cover: Great Compassion Mantra Verse: Composed by Venerable Master Hua;
                                                                            Translation by Bhikshuni Heng Yin;
                                      Chinese Calligraphy by Upasaka Kuo Chi Liu
                                      English Calligraphy by Jerri Jo Idarius.

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CALENDAR OF BUDDHIST HOLIDAYS

July 12 first of lunar month

July 14 Wei T'ou Bodhisattva's birthday

July 26 Great Master Ch'ang Jen's enlightenment/15th of lunar month

July 27 Celebration honoring Venerable Master Hua

July 28 Great Master Ch'ang Ch'ih's birthday

July 30 Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva's attainment of the Way.

Aug. 11 first of lunar month

Aug. 23 Great Strength Bodhisattva's birthday

Aug. 25 Ullambana/ the day of the Buddha's rejoicing/ end of Sangha's summer retreat/ 15th of lunar month

Aug. 30 CELEBRATION OF EARTH STORE BODHISATTVA'S BIRTHDAY. BEGINNING OF A WEEK OF RECITATION OF THE BODHISATTVA'S NAME. DEDICATION OF THE MAIN GATE AT THE CITY OF TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS.

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