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VAJRA BODHI SEA

December, Mahayana 2999 – Hinayana 2515

Volume III

Series 7

No.  33

The Pewter Staff Hand
GREAT COMPASSION AND GREAT MERCY RESCUE LIVING BEINGS. GREAT JOY AND GREAT GIVING BENEFIT ALL THAT LIVES. GREAT VOWS AND GREAT KINDNESS ARE THE BODHISATTVA WAY. GREAT COURAGE AND GREAT STRENGTH BEAR THE BUDDHA FRUIT.

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Table of Contents

The Bodhi Seal of the Patriarchs

Lotus Sutra

Earth Store Bodhisattva Sutra 

Pictorial Biography

The Ten Dharma Realms

Sanskrit Lesson

A Heavenly Demon — a story

The Bodhi Mirror

The Bodhi Lectern

Dharma Realm Buddhist News

    Gold Mountain Bhiksus Propagate Dharma in Far East:

    Elder Upasaka Visits Gold Mountain: Auspicious Holidays;

    Hung Fu Temple Opening Speeches; China’s Greatest Living

    Artist: Jones Gulch Dharma Talks.

Cover Gatha: Composed by Tripitaka Master Hua.

Translated by Disciple Bhiksuni Heng Yin.

Calligraphy by Lee Kuo Ch’ien.

Layout by Eric Weber.

 

VAJRA BODHI SEA STAFF

Director of Publications: Bhiksu Heng Ch’ien

Director of Translations: Bhiksu Heng Ching, Upasika T’an Kuo Chih

Director of Administrations: Bhiksu Heng Shou

Permanent Advisor: Professor Lewis Lancaster

President: Upasaka I Kuo Jung

Editorial Board: The Vajra Bodhi Sea Publication Society Editorial Committee