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VAJRA BODHI SEA

MAY 1971
VOLUME II
SERIES 3, No.14

      Sweet dew from the precious jug nourishes living things; As dried up wood is touched by spring it buds again and again: Elixir for ten thousand ills, revealing its great function; Infinite living transformations, incomparable wonder. 


JOURNAL OF THE ORTHODOX BUDDHADHARMA IN AMERICA, PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE SINO-AMERICAN BUDDHIST
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PATRIARCH TE SHAO - Disciple Bhiksuni Heng Ch'ih
THE SIXTH PATRIARCH'S DHARMA JEWEL PLATFORM SUTRA
BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY
MARA, BUDDHAS, AND BODHISATTVAS — Dr. Nancy Lethcoe
THE VENERABLE AN SHIH KAO — Disciple Bhiksuni Heng Yin
 
 

Cover Gatha: Gatha composed and written by 
             Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua, 
             Translated by Upasaka Luo Kuo Chan
 

VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: Bhiksu Heng Ch'ien
Directors of Translation: Bhiksu Heng Ching
                          Upasika T'an Kuo Shih
Director of Administration: Bhiksu Heng Shou
Advisor: Professor Lewis Lancaster:
President of Vajra Bodhi Sea: Upasaka I Kuo Jung
Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Upasaka Ku Kuo Ti
                                   Upasika T'an Kuo Cheng
Editor-in-Chief: Upasaka Lo Kuo Chan
Editorial Staff: Upasaka Lee Kuo Ch'ien
                 Upasaka Huang Kuo Jen
                 Upasika Tun Kuo Hsun