VAJRA BODHI SEA

December 1980, Mahayana 3005

Volume XI - Series 26 - No.127

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     Worship and make offerings, but you need to be sincere. Incense, flowers, lamps and fruits must be fresh each day. With a true mind, through cultivation, you can leave all marks. Three phases empty, you escape confusion's swamp.

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 127.

English Table of Contents

Bodhi Seal...Venerable Ching Kuang
Dharma Flower Sutra
FLOWER ADORNMENT PROLOGUE
Amazing Wonder
Bodhi Mirror....Bhikshuni Kuo Yang
Losing Your Mind.... by Bhikshu Heng K'ung
Three Steps, One Bow.....letters
Ch'an Talks by Venerable Master Lai Kuo
Bodhi Stand......Upasika Lin Kuo Shen
Sanskrit .... by Bhikshuni Heng Hsien
NEWS FROM THE DHARMA REALM
    Buddhist Pop-Next Big Thing
    Gold Mountain/Dharma Realm Certificate of Honor
    Winter Sessions and books
  

Cover: Great Compassion Mantra Verse: Composed by Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
                                                                            Translated by Bhikshuni Heng Yin
                                      Chinese calligraphy by Upasaka Kuo Chi Liu
                                      English calligraphy by Jerri Jo Idarius
                                      
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Vajra Bodhi Sea 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, Professor Kuo Jung Epstein

Distributor: Bhikshu Heng Shun

Editor: Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih

Graphics & Layout: Jerri Jo Idarius (inc. Calligraphy)
Printer: Olympian Graphics, San Francisco.

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