VAJRA BODHI SEA

November 1980, Mahayana 3005

Volume XI - Series 26 - No.126

nwo la jin chr pan chye la ye

The great appears within the small; his body is unobstructed. North, east, south, west, he's free to roam at will. Three thousand worlds are but a single thought. You-me-them-thoughts can't be told apart.

A Monthly Journal of Orthodox Buddhism

Issued in November, 1980. Copyright c by the Sino-American Buddhist Association, Inc. Mahayana 3005. Volume xi series 26, number 126.
Vajra Bodhi Sea (USPS 347-110) International Periodical Number ISSN 0507-6986.

English Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs...13th T'ien T'ai Patriarch, Venerable Ch'ing Sung

Dharma Flower Sutra... Chapter 4

FLOWER ADORNMENT SUTRA PROLOGUE

Seeking Defilement....by Bhikshu Heng K'ung

The Triple Jewel/The Buddha.....by Bhikshu Heng Shun

The Bodhi Mirror..... Bhikshuni Kuo Li Shih

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

Sanskrit Lesson.... Amitabha Sutra ....by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien

The Bodhi Stand...Upasika Kuo Yan

NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM
   Dharma Realm University Quarter System
   Awakening..............review by Philip Elwood, San Francisco Examiner

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

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Vajra Bodhi Staff for English Section

Director of Publications: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Chairperson of the Board: Upasaka C.T. Shen

President: Upasika Phuong Kuo Wu

Vice President: Professor Hsing Tsun Lee

Advisors: Bhikshu Heng Kuan, Bhikshunis Heng Yin & Heng Hsien, and Professor Kuo Jung (R.B.) Epstein

Distributor: Bhikshu Heng Shun

Editor: Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih

Graphics & Layout: Jerri Jo Idarius
Printer: Olympian Graphics, San Francisco.

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